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'They Called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in the First World War' by Stefanie Linden
Helion, £25.00 (£22.00 direct from publishers) Hardback, 269pp, heavily illustrated, bibliog, indices. ISBN: 978–191–109–635–1 Dr Stefanie Linden Review by David Filsell I own a number of works on shell shock written between 1918 and 1945 by members of the medical profession, as well as more recent overviews of the topic, yet, as far as I am a…
Shell Shock – The Crisis
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By Taylor Downing Little Brown, 2016, £25.00, 399pp, 18 ills, 4 appendices, bibliog., 2 maps. ISBN: 9–781–408–706–619 Review by David Filsell Once, when asked what really interests the House of Commons, a MP is reputed to have said, ‘Buggery and badgers’. A wild simplification, yet, if one was to ask a similar question of a member of the genera…
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Shell Shocked Britain The First World War’s Legacy for Britain’s Mental Health
Suzie Grogan Pen and Sword History £19.99 First published 2014 168pp 8pp photographs Suzie Grogan’s interest in ‘shell shock’ was inspired by a tragic incident in 1922 involving one of her ancestors, Alfred Hardiman. The event was hushed up by the family, and only re-awakened when Suzie discovered the story in The Times archive in 2005.…
They called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in the First World Wa
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On its hardback debut, a review in Stand To! noted that Stephanie Linden’s They called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in the First World War, (Helion, £21.95, pb), was the first ‘modern’ book on the subject by a psychiatrist. The term ‘shell shock’ and the treatment of war neuroses created a maelstrom of medical opinion, diagnoses, mental and physic…
ONLINE Zoom meeting - The role of St Ebba's Hospital, Ewell in the treatment of shell shock by Martin Sitwell
ONLINE Zoom meeting - The role of St Ebba's Hospital, Ewell in the treatment of shell shock by Martin Sitwell During World War One the British Army dealt with 80,000 cases of war neuroses, a collective term used to denote the complex of nervous and mental disorders suffered by soldiers exposed to the extreme stress of modern warfare. The soldier…
"And Bert’s gone syphilitic" – The Real Tragedies Behind the Cane Hill Hospital Memorial at Croydon.
In 1981 nearly 6,000 bodies were exhumed from the cemetery of Cane Hill Hospital, formerly the 3rd Surrey County Lunatic Asylum. They were cremated and their ashes scattered at Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery. In 2009 a considerable correspondence took place on the Great War Forum, members investing time and effort in putting forward the cases of s…
Brothers in Arms: Three Died and Three Survived the First World War
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The First World War resulted in terrible suffering for many families, but the Willis family was among those that paid the highest of prices: six brothers went to war, but only three came home. Of the surviving siblings, one had lost a leg and the other two also left with recurring health problems. The Willis family had travelled from Nottingham to…
'Health in returning veterans of the First World War: The impact of wounds, agassing, injury, and medical and psychological conditions from a study of the pension ledgers' by Dr Peter Hodgkinson
Introduction – disability and impairment In 2021 some 24 volunteers from The Western Front Association transcribed the key details from 25,000 pension ledger records for soldiers, naval and air force personnel. The pension ledgers use the word ‘disability’. Modern disability studies and the associated social model of disability make a distinction…
'He didn't talk about it ' - Analysing Veterans' Silence'
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A talk by Julian Walker on why so many soldiers were unwilling or unable to discuss their experiences in World War One.
Discuss the Psychological Effects of the Great War on Soldiers, and How Medical Professionals Attempted to Treat ‘Shell Shock.’
This essay by 17 year old Rose Halls of Brighton College was one of the 2023 Colin Hardy Memorial Prize runners up. On 19th June 1879, Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman forebodingly exclaimed that “war is hell” when addressing a group of cadets. It took a mere thirty-five years before this statement became a reality for the 250,000 men …