Determining the location of No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station in March 1917? A British soldier I am researching died at No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station on 25 Mar 1917. He has a memorial at Varennes Military Cemetery, in Somme, France, which was presumably nearby to the CCS. He was a member of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards. How can I determine where No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station was located at that time?

Like all British Army units Casualty Clearing Stations kept war diaries. You can download that for 47 CCS for the relevant (for a small fee) from <

The unit location should be noted, and it can be possible to work it out with some accuracy. CCSs were either in a building, if a large enough one existed in the location, or sometimes under canvas. I investigated the location of 36 CCS as my great-great-uncle died of his wounds there during the Battle of the Somme, you can follow the process I followed by reading my blogpost <