Shellshock ?
Posted: 11 Nov 2012, 20:46
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but I just thought I'd ask. . . .
As part of a family tree I have been looking at Eric Harvey Rae who was a resident in Parkside Hospital ( asylum) Macclesfield from 1926 till he died in 1947. He was addmitted to the David Lewis Colony, Warford, Alderly Edge and stayed there for 11 days before being moved to Parkside. The David Lewis Colony was trying to understand and treat Epilepsy which Eric suffered from, he was moved after a committing an attack on his mother and an attendant and had to be restrained by 8 people.
He was in the First World War and said he had been in the Scots Fusiliers, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Black Watch, he was wounded twice and was in an Army hospital for observation for Epilipsy, ( during his medical inspection at Parkside he was in good health, just a bit hard of hearing ) He recieved the Victory and the British medals and fought in Belgium.
While in Parkside he was Morose and prefered his own company and did not mix, he would spend time reading the daily newspapers, he was prone to suddenly hitting someone nearby for no apparent reason, they could just be walking past and not talking to him.
Sometimes he would speak to himself and to things/ people that were not there, this appeared to get worse over the years as did his fits.
What I was wanting to ask is could he have been suffering from shellshock as it may not have been understood or he could have had a psychiatric problem which had got worse as if he had had violent tendences before he went into the Army surely it would have been picked up ( at some time ) and he would released from Army service ?
He joined the Argyll and Sutherand Highlanders but they have no record of him, I have only learnt of his connection with the Black watch and the Scots Fusiliers, I have yet to contact them and then perhaps I can find out where he was serving.
As part of a family tree I have been looking at Eric Harvey Rae who was a resident in Parkside Hospital ( asylum) Macclesfield from 1926 till he died in 1947. He was addmitted to the David Lewis Colony, Warford, Alderly Edge and stayed there for 11 days before being moved to Parkside. The David Lewis Colony was trying to understand and treat Epilepsy which Eric suffered from, he was moved after a committing an attack on his mother and an attendant and had to be restrained by 8 people.
He was in the First World War and said he had been in the Scots Fusiliers, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Black Watch, he was wounded twice and was in an Army hospital for observation for Epilipsy, ( during his medical inspection at Parkside he was in good health, just a bit hard of hearing ) He recieved the Victory and the British medals and fought in Belgium.
While in Parkside he was Morose and prefered his own company and did not mix, he would spend time reading the daily newspapers, he was prone to suddenly hitting someone nearby for no apparent reason, they could just be walking past and not talking to him.
Sometimes he would speak to himself and to things/ people that were not there, this appeared to get worse over the years as did his fits.
What I was wanting to ask is could he have been suffering from shellshock as it may not have been understood or he could have had a psychiatric problem which had got worse as if he had had violent tendences before he went into the Army surely it would have been picked up ( at some time ) and he would released from Army service ?
He joined the Argyll and Sutherand Highlanders but they have no record of him, I have only learnt of his connection with the Black watch and the Scots Fusiliers, I have yet to contact them and then perhaps I can find out where he was serving.