Vimy Ridge - Advanced Dressing Station RR Station

Here is a photograph of the Advanced Dressing Station - RR Station located in the Vimy Sector. 

It is hard to image this bombed out structure being a house of refuge for wounded soldiers; but during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, hundreds of stretcher bearers, medics, and captured Germans POWS, would process wounded soldiers in this building. 

Stretcher bearers would go around the battle field and retrieve wounded men and bring the soldiers to the ADS to be assessed, bandaged (and at times provide amputation ) and receive basic medical care before being sent further back for more complex medical treatment.

21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario) - 21 November 1914

Panoramic photograph of the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario) taken in Kingston, Ontario on 21 November 1914.

The 21st Battalion was raised in October-November 1914 and was sent overseas in May 1915. The 21st Battalion was attached to the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. Unit would become a premier fighting force of the Canadian Corps in the Great War, taken part in many of Canada's historical battles. 

Notable Battle Honours: 

St. Eloi Craters, Courcelette (Somme), Vimy, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, and the 100 Days.

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