The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private B B Hart
Private Bertie Benjamin HART, TF/6068, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of subphrenic abscess, 26 Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt, 18th November 1916.
Born Canterbury, Kent, son of Sarah Hart.
Husband of Emma Hart, of 21, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, London.
1911 Census - 4 Clarence Terrace, St Peters Lane, Canterbury, Kent - Benjamin Hart, head, age 32, married, Railway Carman, London, Chatham & South Coast Railway, worker, born Canterbury, Kent; Emma Hart, wife, age 40, married 5 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Snodland, Kent; Connie Hart, daughter, age 3, born Canterbury, Kent; William Hart, son, age 6 months, born Canterbury, Kent.
Previously served 10 years, 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Kent Regiment.
Enlisted Canterbury, Kent, age 37, height 5ft 5 inches. Resided 2 St Peters Place, Canterbury, Kent.
Home 15th February 1915 to 17th July 1915; MEF 18th July 1915 to 18th November 1916.
15th February 1915, enlisted & posted 2/4th Kent Reserve Battalion, The Buffs, Service No.3229.; 25th April 1915, attached Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th July 1915, Devonport, embarked for MEF; 9th August 1915, Sulva, landed; 13th December 1915, Sulva, embarked; 19th December 1915, Alexandria, disembarked; 19th December 1915, Wardan, encamped; 28th March 1916, Fayoum, 1/1Welsh Field Ambulance, wounded, left shoulder, right hand; 31st March 1916, to Duty; 5th April 1916, Fayoum, 1/1Welsh Field Ambulance, hemorrhoids; 3rd May 1916, Cairo, Citadel Hospital, discharged; 5th May 1916, Fayoum, 1/1Welsh Field Ambulance, hemorrhoids; 12th July 1916, Abbassia, Base Depot, discharged hospital; 18th July 1916, Canal Zone, rejoined Unit; 1st October 1916, Canal Zone, 1/1Welsh Field Ambulance, admitted pleurisy; 14th October 1916, AAG, transferred to 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.
17th January 1917, report from 26 Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt - 3229. Pte R B Hart, 2/4 R W Kent, age 39 -
Patient
was transferred
from
24th
Stationary Moascar Camp
to our
Hospital
26th
Stationary Hospital
on the 10th November
1916. The
reason for
his being
here instead
of to
Base
Cairo was
that his
condition was
so serious
to permit
a long
train journey.
He
was admitted
24th Stationary Hospital on 2nd
October 1916,
complaining of
abdominal pain
and headache. On examination
the liver
was slightly
enlarged and
there was some
tenderness in
the region
of
the gall
bladder. The
tongue was
furred and
the bowels
irregular. No
vomiting. At
the bases
of both
lungs there
was
slight?????
???? heard.
On
the 5th
October there
was absoloute? Dullness over
the base
of the
right lung and
irregular breathing. On
13th
October patient was
extremely tender over liver
and lower
rectal? margin
on right
side and
a
swelling????????.
If puss?
being present was noticed
in the
area.
On
14th October he was
operated upon
under CHCL3?
a
large sulphuric? abcess
was found
and drained
in the
posterior axilliary line
a portion
of the
????????
being resected.
About the
17th October
patient commenced
to have
severe diarrhoea 10
motions in
24 hours
and motions
continued puss blood
and some slime.
Pathological examinations
for
amoebae of
dysentery were
negative.
On
25th
October the
diarrhoea
had
stopped. Patient had
been put
on Emetine
gm 2/3 twice daily on
appearance of diarrhoea,
it was now
discontinued. From
now on
the patients
condition improved
somewhat and
on the
30th
October the
tube
???????was
removed from operation
wound.
On
10thNovember patient was
admitted here
26th Stationary
Hospital his
temperature was
100 and
pulse ???
respirations 24. He was
very emaciated
and there
was copious
discharge from the
operation wound.
He was
inclined to
be delirious
during the
night. The
liver was
palpable and
there was
some tenderness
over the
right lower
coetal? margin?
On
13th
November patient
was much
worse, very delirious at night
and occasional
incontinence of urine
and faeces.
His condition
gradually grew
worse until
18thNovember
when he
died.
19th
November
a post
mortem revealed
a large lower abscess
in the
posterior part
of the
liver which
was draining
through the
operation wound.
It
should be
mentioned that the
discharge from
wound was
sub? there?
for bacteriological
examination but found
to be
sterile.
In
my opinion
the disease
which caused
death viz.
the liver
abscess was
contracted
by
the patient
while he
was on active
service.
A
J
Gibb, Captain
RA.M.C
28th May 1917, pension of 24/2 a week awarded to widow & two children.
22nd November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emma Hart, 21, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, London; Children - Connie Hart, 11 years, 21, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, London; Thomas Hart, 8 years, 21, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, London; Father, deceased; Mother, Sarah Hart, age 71, 4 High Street, St Gregorys, Canterbury; Brothers - William Stephen Hart, age 45, 1 Hackington Place, Camberley; Edwin? Augustus Hart, age 44, Post Office, Lydden, Dover; Alfred Hart, age 40, 91 Broad? Street, Canterbury; Frederick Hart, age 30?, 183 Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath; Sister - Caroline? Hart, age 36, 4 High Street, St Gregorys, Canterbury.
Buried at Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, A. 14., Egypt.
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