First person to undergo plastic surgery

Discussion in 'World War 1' started by Kyt, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Pictures of first person to undergo plastic surgery released - Telegraph

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  2. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

  3. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    My friend Karen found his marriage

    Yeo, Walter E. O'N
    Edwards, Ada
    Vol. 5b Page 432
    Jan/Feb/Mar
    1914
    Plymouth
     
  4. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    here's a birth for a daughter

    Name: Doreen Y Yeo
    Year of Registration: 1919
    Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Mother's Maiden Name: Edwards
    District: Plymouth
    County: Devon
    Volume: 5b
    Page: 456
     
  5. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Heres Paddy Hartley's website ! .... they were amazingly brave men !

    Project facade
     
  6. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    My friend on GWF said this a few years ago when the subject came up about the terrible injuries suffered and the plastic surgery done on the Western front also !

     
  7. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Thanks for the additional info Annie - I was hoping you would turn up something.

    However, as to the post of the GWF, there has been quite a bit research recently on the post-war casualty rehabilitation, and it is amazing how much "normalisation" went on in the communities across the country. Most of the efforts were made by private and/or local organisations, rather than governmental. So homes were set up, even catering for entire families, but very often the rules were so stringent that the ex-serviceman and his family returned to their original community.

    A couple of excellent books on the subject are:

    The War Come Home: Disabled Veterans in Britain and Germany, 1914-1939 by D Cohen

    and

    Disabled Veterans in History, edited by David A. Gerber
     
  8. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Thanks K ..... I'll have to see if I can find those books ! .... I did find this piece also !

    Ex-Air Gunners: Short Bursts
     
  9. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Shot Down In Flames by Geoffrey Page (a Guinea Pig) and The Reconstruction of Warriors by Mayhew are both excellent books abou the Guinea Pig Club

    As for the post-WW1 care of casualties, I've finally found my copy of The War Come Home (buried deep in a large pile of books) as I couldn't remember the name of the home that is still running:

    The Royal Star and Garter Home
     
  10. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    Excellent reading guys.
     
  11. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    There are several hits on Google for the Guinea Pig Club, but here's one - now there is an exceptional man ! :)

    ::Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club::

    This bit is for K !!

     

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