The Soldier at the Western Front – The Use of Poisonous Gas
Source 2: Arthur Ramsay Stanley-Clarke: Letters from Ypres

Arthur Ramsay Stanley-Clarke (1891-1967) came with the Dorset Regiment in the October of 1914 to the front. In May he was poisoned by gas during the fight on hill 60 near Ypres. He was brought back home and joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1915 and returned to the front in February 1916. The following letter to his mother was written by Stanley-Clarke during his time in hospital.

“Dear Mother,
this is just a line to say that I am being sent home by the next Red Cross Boat. I shall wire when I get up to town & shall let you know where they are sending me. I shall try to go to Mrs. Stanley Clarke’s Nursing Home though I don’t know her address (you know, Bertie’s wife). Now you must not worry about me – the Papers talk a lot about one’s chest – it’s all bunkum except in the case of very badly gased men & I had a very light dose, just enough to get one back to England and to tell the truth I want a couple of weeks’ rest badly as my nerves were getting rather dicky, it becomes a bit of a strain now and again but I’ll be as fit as a fiddle in a few weeks, I must be as I have a few scores to settle with the Huns.”

Arthur Ramsay Stanley-Clarke: Letters from Ypres, 7th May 1915

Letters from 1914/15 Ypres in der Europeana 1914-1918