aTmqe ^otcs.
Tiie number of casualties among officers reported in the fourteen days, 1st to 14th July inclusive, was 636, of which 320 occurred in the Dardanelles, 305 in Flanders, and eleven in other seats of war, as follows :?
?S % 1 ?2 T3 3 ? ? rf v o 'I.2 ?" -2 * 3 ? S ? ? Dardanelles. Naval officers ?? ??? 4 1 16 21 ??? ??? ... British officers 6'- ... _ 113 38 213 ... British officers, Indian troops 6 ... 16 22 ... ??? officers 4 ... Indian 8 ...... 12 ... ??? H ... Australians 21 1 ... J-3 ...... Zealanders 2 ... New 16 1 ... 19 Flanders. British officers ...... 80 2 ISO 13 4 279 ... British officers, Indian troops 4 ... 2 v fj Indian officers ... 1 10 11 Canadians ...... 2 ... 5 ... 2 9 Persian Gulf. British ...... officers 6 6 Indian ... officers 1 1 Aden ...... 3 3 Cameroons ... .. 1 1
Total ... 175 5 397 - 53 (i 636 356 THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE. [Sept., 1915.
Four of the cases shown as wounded in Flanders were Liverpool, before the war broke out, when he took a suffering from gas poisoning. The chief feature of the week's temporary commission as Lieutenant in the It. A. M. C. from casualties was the great loss incurred by three Scottish 17th September 1914. territorial battalions in the Dardanelles. The 4th Royal Lieutenant-Colonel William Bridgett Pritchard, Scots lost 21 ten seven and four officers, killed, wounded, r.a.m.c. (T. P.), died of wounds in the Dardanelles, was missing ; while the 7th and 8tli Cameronians, or Scottish Ritles, educated at Owen's College, Manchester, and took the lost 37, three killed, fifteen wounded, and nineteen missing. M. R. C. S. and L. li. C. P. London in 1890. After serving In such cases most of these returned as have been missing as assistant medical officer and house surgeon at the killed. Brigadier-General W- Scott Moncrieff, of ths Worchester ltoyal Infirmary, he went into practice at Lothian was also the killed. The Brigade, among Royal Manchester, where he was medical officer and public vaccinator Scots are chiefly recruited in and about Edinburgh, of No. 4 district, Charlton Union, and honorary anaesthetist Cameronians from Glasgow. to the Cancer Pavilion and to the Victoria Dental Hospital. two weeks Among the casualties of the thirteen Medical His commission as Lieutenant-Colonel in the second East Officers were included, one of whom was serving as a com- Lancashire Field Ambulance Manchester), is F. (head-quarters batant. In the Dardanelles, Surgeon H Itees, r.n., and dated 18th November 1911. Lieut-Colonel W. B. Pritchard, RA.MC. (T. F ), died of Cavtain William John ra.m.c. while Captain E. D. Gairdner, r.a.m.c. (T. F.), Harrison, (T. P.), wounds; was educated at Durham and St. Thomas' Lieutenant C. F. Bentz, R A.M.C. (T. F.), and Lieut. H. J. M. wounded, hospital, took the M. B. and B. S Durham in 1899, and the M. R. C. S. Cursetjee, IMS. were wounded. In Flanders, Captain and L. It. C. P. London in 1902, and after as resident .T. F. R.A M c.. was killed in action, Lieut. W. R. serving Gwynne. medical officer of the London went R.A.M.C., died; while six officers were wounded, Temperance Hospital, Pryn, at where he was assistant It. XV. Branthwaite. and H. J. into practice Newcastle, surgeon Surgeon-Captain Captains to the Newcastle and Nose He Gorrie and W. J Harrison, all R. A. M. C. (T. F), Throat, Ear, hospital. joined the 6tli battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers as Lieutenant H. Pierce and C. P- V. McCormack, temporary Lieutenant and Medical Officer on 29th R. A. M. C. and Lieutenant D. Blair, l.d.s., of the 4tii April 1910, becoming on 29th October 1913. battalion, Black Watch. Captain Lieutenant Heerajee Jehangir Manockjee Curset Surgeon Frederick Harold Uees, r.n., report- recently I.M.S., wounded in the was born on 14th ed as wounded in the Dardanelles died of his wounds on jee, Dardanelles, educated at the Grant Medical at 21st June He was the elder son of Dr. Alfred Rees. of August 1885, College at and at the London and took Cardiff, was educated in the Cardiff Intermediate Bombay, Cambridge, Hospital, School, the JVI. it. C. S. and L. It. C. P. London in 1911. After and at, University College, London, and took the M. B acting as resident medical officer of the for and B. S. London in 1912. He was appointed a temporary Belgrave Hospital Children, London, he entered the I. M. S. on 27th surgeon in the on 9tli February 1915, and sailed for January Navy when was attached to the 14th a Malta in At the time of his death he was attached 1912, and, wounded, Sikhs, April. which has lost in the to the Drake battalion. regiment very heavily Dardanelles. Captain John Fitzgerald G w^nne, r.a.m.c., killed Captain Hfnry James Gorrie, ra m.c. (T. F.), was in Glanders on 9th J uly 1915, was born in August 1889, the educated at Dundee and in the School of the Royal College tldest son of the late Dr. Charles Gwynne, of Sheffield, of Surgeons. Edinburgh. He took the triple qualification and educated at Sheffield University, where he took the M. B. of the Scottish College, and also the L. D. S of the and B. Ch. in 1911. After filling the posts of resident Edinburgh College in 1906, and was in practice at Dundee. medical officer of Sheffield Royal Infirmary, and assistant He joihed the 3rd Highland Field Ambulance, becoming medical officer of the Southwark Union Infirmary at East Captain on lOtlx March 1913. Dulwich, he entered the K. A. M. C. as Lieutenant on 30th Captain Eric Dalrymple Gairdner, r-a.m.o. (T. F.), January 1914, and was promoted to Captain on 30th March wounded in the Dardanelles, is a son of the late Professor Sir 1915, when all the Lieutenants of the It. A. M. C. got a step William Gairdner, of Glasgow. He was educated at of promotion for war service. Edinburgh. Glasgow, and Dundee, and took the M. B. and Lieutenant Frederick Colin Bentz, r.a.m.c. (T. F.), B. Ch. at Glasgow in 1902. After qualifying, he filled the wounded in the Dardanelles, was educated at Owen's College, posts of resident physician and resident surgeon at Manchester, and took the M. B. and B. Cli. of the Victoria Glasgow Royal Infirmary and resident surgeon of Glasgow University in 1913. On 15th August 1914 he was appointed maternity hospital, and then went into practice at Ayr, Lieutenant in the second East Lancashire Field Ambulance. where he is surgeon to Ayr County hospital. He joined the The Commanding Officer of this Ambulance, Lieutenant- 5th battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, as medical officer and Colonel \V. B. Pritchard, at the same time received the Lieutenant, on 15th July 1906. wounds of which he died. Lieutenant Charles Patrick Valentine McCormack, Surgeon-Captain Robert Walsh Branthwaite, r.a.m.c.,wounded in Flanders, took the L. R. C. P. I. and R.A.M.C. (T. F.), of the 15th batt London Regiment slion, (the L. R. C. S. I. in 1912, and a temporary commission in Civil Service wounded in Flanders, was educated at got RiHes), the R. A. M. C on 20th 1915. Cross and took the L. S. A in the January Charing hospital, 1880, The following awards of the D. S. O., Military Cross, and M. R. C S in 1881, the L R. C P. London in 1881, the Distinguished Conduct Medal were announced on 3rd July :? M. D. of Brussels and the D. P. H. of the London Colleges D. in 1896. After acting as house surgeon of Macclesfield S. O.?Major E. J. O'Neill, New Zealand Medical Infirmary, assistant medical officer of Parkside Asylum, and Corps. resident medical superintendent of the Dalrymple house D. S. O.? Captain A. G. Butler, Australian Army Medical for inebriates, he entered the service of the Home Office, Corps. where he was under the Inebriate also lately Inspector Acts, Lieutenant J. of Prisons under these and medical Military Cross.?Temporary M. Gillespie, Inspector Acts, adviser r.a.m.c. to the reformatory and industrial school department. He entered the medical department of the Territorial forces as Military Cross.?Temporary Lieutenant J. H. MacNichol, R.A.M.C. Lieutenant on 2nd April 1904. Why this particular battalion like the Guards, keeps up the compound title of Surgeon- Military Cross.?Assistant Surgeon E. B. Messinier, Captain for its medical officer, is not evident, but it is so I.S.M.D. given in the Army List. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Lieutenant Daniel of the 4th Black Blair, battalion, Staff Watch, wounded in Flanders on 29th is a member of Sergeant H. Jackson, Australian Army Medical June, Corps. the medical profession. He was educated at and Glasgow Private L. W. Philadelphia, took the L D. S. of the Burnett, Australian Army Medical Corps. Glasgow college J. \V. in 190), and the of Doctor of Dental at Corporal Jones, r.a.m.c. (T. F.) degree Surgery Private A. Pennsylvania University in 1902, and is in at Cook, r.a.m.c. (T. F.) practice G. Hanick. His commission as Lieutenant is dated 21th Lance-Corporal Steedman, New Zealand Medical Corps. October 1914. Private T. Stockdill, Stretcher-bearer, Canterbury battalion, New Zealand. Lieutenant William Reginald Pryn, r.a.m.c., reported as having died in France in the casualty list of 7th edncaterl took the M. R. C. S. and The is the Prisoners r n a.t Guy's, following official list of British officers, * in as who , London 1914, and after house of War, have been The wounded officers of serving repatriated. surgeon the Royal have been admitted to Alexandra's took Surrey Cottage Hospital, Guildford, Queen Military Hospital, a temporary commission on 10th August 1914. Millbank. list of are Lieutenant Hugii r.a.m.c., wounded in A the men will be issued as soon as their names * Pierce, landers, was educated at Liverpool, where he took the M. B. verified. and B. Ch. in 1912, as well as the M. R. C. S. and L. 11. C. P. London in 1911. Wounded. After filling the post of house surgeon of the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, lie was acting as house Barker, Lieut. W. G. S., Connaught Rangers. of physician the Children's Infirmary, Myrtle Street, -Leahy, Capt. M. P., Royal Army Medical Corps. Sept., 1915 J WAR AND SERVICE NOTES. 357
F. H. Lieut. H. K A.M.C. (T. F.), Surgeon Rees, R.N., and Lieutenants W. J. Unwounded. Seddou, r.a.m.C. (T. F.), temporary Malone'y and A. J. McClure, R.a jvi.o., wounded ; seven in All are officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Flanders, temporary Lieutenant G. M. M Fleming, r.a.m.C., unless otherwise described killed, Lieutenants W. W. Adamson, R.A.M.C. (T. F.), H. L. J. Cavan and W. H. W. K. J. E. Gauntlett, r.a.m.C. (T. F.), Shephard, Boaman, Capt. Hepper, Capt. reserve, Lieutenants J. Brown, Lieut. A. J. Hills, Lieut. II. YV. of the It. A. M. 0. special temporary R.A.M wounded, and Lieutenant R. D. D. Brunskill, J. II. Jackson, Lieut J. L. Cowan, C., Major reserve, suffering from gas poison- Butlsr, Lieut. P. P. B. Brownson, R.A.M.C., special Johnson, Capt ? Lieutenant E. A. It. H. B. ing and one in Egypt, (temporary) Wright, Cahill, Capt. Kelly, Major To these should be added Lieut.-Col. P. H, Long, 11. W. r a.M.C., died of septic poisoning. Collingwood, Major two men killed in Flanders, serving as D. M. J. P. the'names of medical Corbett, Capt. Lynch, Capt. Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Jessop, commanding Croker, W. P. A. A. combatant officers, Capt. Meaden, Capt. of the Lincoln regiment, and Lieutenant W. Middleton, E. M. the 4th battalion Crymble, Capt. Capt. 3rd Dragoon Guards. Lieut. E. W. A. C. Clifford, of the Davies, Mitchell, Capt. Lton Gauntlett, r.a m c. (T T. A. D. Lieutenant Harry F.) Davy, Capt. P. C. O'Carroll, Capt. College, where he was Warneford V. B. G. was educated at King's Dolbey, Capt. It. O'Rorke, the Rev. Sambrooke medical exhibitioner. He Egan, \V. (C. F.) medical scholar and Capt. S. and L. R. 0. P. London in 1909 and P. G. M. Perry, H. M. J. took the M. R. C. Elvery, Capt. Capt. the of house accoucheur, house J. C. A. M. subsequently filled posts Furness, Major Pollard, Capt. and children, and house surgeon of the A. E. G. Lieut. A. physician for women Eraser, Capt. Preston, at King s College Hospital; after Garland, Capt. F. J. Robertson, Capt. H. G. ophthalmic department Bloxhain Oxford- which he went into practice at Banbury. Gillespie, Lieut. J. RI. Rose, Capt. A. M. officer of Bloxham shire, where he was medical dispensary Greig, Staff Surgeon L. L. Routh, Capt. L. M. the Oxford and Bucks He the 4th battalion of Light (R. N.) Stenliouse, Lieut J. A (T. F ) joined and Lieutenant on 1st April 1913. the G. H. Infantry, as Medical Officer, Hales, Rev. J. T. (C. F.) Stevenson, Capt. Marchbank Gillespie, r.a.m.c., W. Lieut.-Col. H. N. Lieutenant John Hart, Capt. M. (Canadian Thompson, a week was stated to be a who was missing before, A. M. C.) Thompson, Capt. W. I. reported of war the casualty list 18th June- He took G. prisoner of in Haymaii, Lieut. J. R. Winter, Capt. H. in and was subse- the M B and Ch B. at. Edinburgh 1911, at Swansea quently resident medical officer General Hospital. commission He must have taken a temporary quite recently, The Austen the New List. Right Honourable Chasirerlain, his name is not in the May Army Sir James William Secretary of State for India, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel John Jessop, com- Political Secretary, India Office, and Sir Lincoln was killed Dunlop Smith, manding the l-4th battalion, regiment, Walter the Indian in on June 191o He was educated Lawrence, inspected hospitals Brighton in action, in France in on 3rd the Parition and R. C. b. and L. R C. P. London in July, the Kitchener hospital July, at Bart's and took the M. Yule Place hospitals on 4th July. He made a long visit, iccq oftpr which he settled in practice at Horncastle, in going into almost all the wards, and talking, through an Lincohishirl where he was surgeon to the Post office and interpreter, to many of the patients. S8 th ^^ Surgeon- inethao\i?s?CeH?ef of the Horn- Lieutenant, subsequently becoming Captain Major Clarence Barrvmore Harrison, Madras ti and on 14th September 1910 became Medical was on on 4th battalion of the Service, placed temporary half-pay, Lieutenant Colo'nel of the (Territorial) account of ill health, on 7th June 1915. He was born on 9th February 1871, educated at Glasgow, where he took the Anthony Clifford Clifford, of M. B. and entered the I. M. S. as LSfCcS1LieT4enant was killed in Flanders in June. and C. M. in 1891, Surgeon- ,h: o,.,i Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant on 29th January 1896, becoming Captain on 29th at Ou,:..ni took the M. 11. C. S. and on 29th 1908. He served H? IFedSed He received a commission as January 1899, and Major January r w r V T.midon in 1913. on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897-98, and in of officers, on 18th 1912, and on 2n d-Lie lit e nan t. res erve May in the actions at the and third reserve of Tirali, taking part Malalcand, fUh Anwnst 1914 ioined the regiment cavalry. and the medal with r.a m.c. wounded Arhanga and Sampaglia Passes, receiving PAPAIN Howard Henry, (T. F.), in two His last was that of District Kef was educated at Trinity clasps. appointment the casualty?,'tv list ofof?June, June, College, and Medical Officer of but for the g A in 1897< the M B Sanitary Madura; past Dublin, c% [ year he had been on.sick leave. au(j the M. D. in 1906. After serving surigical resident at the Adelaide and as medical'and he went into practice at Black- Steven's hospitals. Dublin, For the 18th to 30th June the as Lieutenant and medical thirteen days, inclusive, burn He received a commission number of casualties among officers reached of the East Lancashire regiment reported nearly officer in the 4th battalion one thousand ; viz., 618 in Flanders, 331 in the Dardanelles, was and five in other seats of war, total 951. These casualties A WILLI AM JOSEPH MaLONEY, R.AMC., NT10 had a may be tabulated as follows :? 0nLlEU?ENi nt TCdinbursh. Paris, and Munich. He very career at Edinburgh where he graduated distinguished first class honours in ' with 1905, M B " Ch B research scholarship in winning the Houldsworth the Ettles scholarship conferred on the ?-? Pharmacology, and the McCosh 22 O ] mdinte of the year, graduate ? with a ? s ? h bGiS i S l took the M. D., commendation, of the of Dardanelles. and also a Fellow Royal Society ?1907* is^ in ??? ??? the Crichton Fellowship Clinical Naval officers 9 1 ... 15 and held Edinburgh, he acted as ??? After qualifying officers 113 11 ... 200 and Psychiatry. Military Neurology in ??? at the for sick children '8 ...... hospital Australians 53 2 74 resident casualty officer senior house 16 ... London of British officers, Indian troops 8 24 Great Ormonde Street, physician and senior house ??? ^ ??? of Indian officers ... 13 19 Bradford Roval Infirmary, physician for and London. Flanders. the National hospital paralysis epilepsy where he until British officers ... ??? 164 ... 351 26 6 517 He then settled in New York, was, recently, ... nervous and mental diseases at the Canadians ... 17 ... 35 3 7 62 idiunct professor of and to the British Indian troops 2 ... 4 (j hospital, physician neurological officers, uost graduate He ?? New York. translated Wickman's Indian officers ... 3 3 hospital both in and is the of ...... in 1912, author Egypt ... l 1 Acute Polyornyelitis many diseases. He took a ...... and mental Persian Gulf 1 1 oapers on nervous temporary ??? 1 in the R. A. M. C. on 6th Gameroons ... 1 commission as Lieutenant in the East Africa, Indian officers ... 2 2 September 1914. and when wounded Dardanelles Worcestershire was attached to the 4th battalion, regiment. k.a.m.c. Total ... 307 2 589 43 13 954 Major James Craik Taylor, (T. F.), attached was to the 4th Royal Scots Fusiliers, reported in the casualty Among the 351 wounded in Flanders are comprised of 22nd June as having died of wounds at the Dardanelles. cases of and the 547 army list eighteen gas poisoning, among at Anderson's and at casualties in Flanders is included one naval He was educated College, Glasgow, officer, Flight- where he took the M B., and Ch. B. in 1896. Lieutenant Warneford, the destroyer of the who Glasgow University, Zeppelin, in the South African war in 191)0 91, in the was accidentally killed while flying at Paris. The names of He served operations the Free State and Orange River including sixteen medical officers appear in these lists: eight in the in Orange Colony, at Houtnek and and the Major J. C. Taylor, lt.A.M.c. F.), the actions Wittebergen, gained Dardanelles, (T. two On his return he went into killed, O- R. Eunion, R.A M.e. (T- F.). Queen's medal with clasps. Major Captain where he had been H. Henry, r.a.blc. (T. F.), Captain C. C. Fitzgerald, practice at N e\vlands, Grlasgow, physician 358 THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE. [Sept., 1915.
to the Stewarton hospital. He was the author of a small went into practice at llomford, Essex, where he was medical work, Diet Charts for use of Physicians. He entered the officer of the Hornchurch cottage homes, medical officer to medical department of the auxiliary forces as Lieutenant on the Port office, and certifying factory surgeon. 4tli February 1899, becoming Captain on 17th February 19n6, Surgeon-Major William Fullerton Mactier, Bengal and Major on 6th November 1914. He also held the rank of Medical Service, retired, died at Kinnessburn, St. Andrews, Honorary Lieutenant in the army from 21st December 1901. on 19th June 1915, aged 92. He was born on 1st October 1822, Major Octavius Roberts Ennion, r.a.m.c. (T. F.), was the son of Anthony Mactier, of Dunnis House, Aberdeen, first educated at St. Mary's, and took the M. R. C. S. and L. R C. P. Commissioner of the Court of Requests, Calcutta, was edu- London in 1898. After filling the post of resident casualty cated at Edinburgh. where he took the M, D. in 1813, and officer at St. Mary's, he went into practice at Burwell, in entered the I. M. S. as Assistant Surgeon on 3rd December Cambridgeshire, where he was medical officer of the Port 1844, being nominated by Sir R. Campbell, Bart. He became office, and medical officer and public vaccinator of No. 4 dis- Surgeon on 29th March 1858, Surgeon-Major on 3rd December trict of Newmarket Union. He was serving in theEast Anglian 1"?64, and retired on 24th September 1866, nearly half a cen- Field Ambulance, whose headquarters are at Ipswich, tury ago. His whole service was spent in military employ- and attained the rank of Major on 26th September 1914. ment, with the exception of two years, 1853?1855, when he was Captain Charles Conway Fitzgerald, r.a.m.c. in medical charge of Simla. During the Mutiny he was (T. F.). joined the 7th Lancashire Fusiliers as Lieutenant on personal surgeon to two Commanders-in-Chief, Generals Anson 24th March 1912. He took the Scottish triple qualification and Sir Henry Barnard. He had a fine record of war service ; in 1906, and the D. P. H. Dublin in 1910 After serving as Sutlej campaign or first Sikh war, 1845-46, with 42nd Native resident medical officer of Salford Union, and assistant Infantry, actions of Mudki, Aliwal, and Sobraon, medal medical superintendent of Salford Borough fever hospital, with two clasps ; second Sikh war, on Punjab campaign, he became assistant medical officer of health, Salford. 1848 49, actions of Ramnagar, Saidullapur, and Chilianwala, Lieutenant Delvine Bell, r.a.m.c., took the M. B. and medal with clasp ; Mutiny 1857-58, siege of Delhi, mentioned B. Ch. at Edinburgh in 1911. He was resident medical officer in despatches, medal with clasp. In General Sir Archdell of the General Hospital, Swansea, when the war broke out, Wilson's despatch in G. O. of 5th November 1857, pub- and received a commission as Lieutenant, lished in the London Gazette of 15th December 1857, is stated:? temporary " R, A. M. C. on 5th October 1914. Amongst these medical officers whose unwearied zeal and Lieutenant Wallace Wright Anderson, r.a.m.c. superior ability have come prominently before me aro (T. F ), was educatad at Glasgow, where he took the M. B. Assistant Surgeon W. F. Mactier, M.o., on the personal staff and Ch. B in 1907. After serving as house surgeon at Glasgow of the late Commander-in-Chief." Surgeon-Major Mactier Royal Infirmary, he became demonstrator of pathology at was the senior officer of the Indian Medical Service, with the Leeds University. He joined the second West Riding Field possible exception of Surgeon-Major H.B. Hinton, if the latter Ambulance, headquarters Leeds, as Lieutenant on 10th is still really alive. One of his sons. Major H. M. Mactier, September 1914. 39th Garhival RiHes, was killed at Neuve Chapelle, another Lieutenant Geoffrey Montague Neason Fleming, son, Dr. W. B. Mactier, is in practice at St. Andrews. r.a.m.c., killed in Flanders, took the M. B., Ch. B. at Dublin University in 1913, and got a temporary commission as The Director of Medical Services in India has circulated Lieutenant in the R. A. M. C., from ltitli August 1911. the following satisfactory letters on the work done by the Surgeon Frederick Harold Kees, r.n., Drake medical departments of the Indian army both in Flanders was educated at Cardiff and at University and in the land of battalion, College, " Mesopotamia London. He took the M. B. and B. S. London, in 1912. It is with very great pleasure that I forward, for informa- Lieutenant John Cowan, r.a.m.c., was educated at the tion, a copy of a telegram received by His Excellency the Victoria where he took the M. B. and Commander-in-Chief from the General Officer Commanding University, Manchester, " Ch. B. with distinction in 1911. Ho joined the Special Force D," regarding the courage and devotion to duty Reserve of the R. A. M. C. as Lieutenant on lltli Septem- displayed by all ranks of the Medical Services in the recent ber 1914, and was called out for duty on 6th November 1914. severe fighting near Busrah. It is with equal satisfaction I Lieutenant Roger Dawson Dawson-Duffield add that His Excellency in acknowledging this telegram Brownson, r.a.m.c., was educated at Cambridge and at expressed his pleasure at the excellent work done and asked London hospital, and took the B. A. Cambridge in 1905, the that an expression of his high appreciation of their devotion M. B. and B. C. in 1911, and also the M. R. C. S. and L. R. C. P., to duty should be conveyed to all concerned. London in 1906. After acting as emergency officer, London I know from what I saw in Egypt and from the many hospital, and chemical assistant at the Great Ormande Street letters I have received from officers serving with other hospital, London, he went into practice at Hampstead, and Forces oversea, that the same courage and devotion to duty was honorary surgeon to the Linen and Woollen Diapers' is displayed everywhere. It will be remembered that Field- Institute. He joined the Special Reserve of the R.A.M.C., Marshal Sir Johr. French communicated to His Excellency on 31st August 1914, and was called out for duty on 30th the Viceroy a message from General Sir James Willcocks, September 1914. H? was serving with the 1st Norfolk regi- commending the woi k of the Field Ambulances, at Neuve ment in Flanders, when attacked by gas poisoning. Chapelle, and I am sure that every one will be glad to learn Lieutenant Harold Seddon, r.a.m.c. (T. F.). wounded that during that recent great battle, the Field Ambulances in the Dardanelles, was educated at Liverpool University, carried out their duties under the heaviest fire with untiring where he took the M.B. and Ch B. in 1912. He joined the zeal, the utmost coolness, and the same intrepidity that first West Lancashire Field Ambulance, headquarters Liver- distinguished their comrades in the Persian Gulf." pool, as Lieutenant, on 1st February 1914, and was called From?The General Officer Commanding, Force "D," out for duty on 11th August 1914. Basrah. Lieutenant Albert John McClure Chesney Morri- To?The Commander-in-Chief in India, Simla. son, r.a.m.c., wounded in the Dardanelles, took the M. B. "I am delighted to inform Your Excellency that I have and Ch. B. at Edinburgh in 1913, and got a temporary received from all quarters glowing accounts of the conduct commission as Lieutenant from 2lst October 1914. of the Medical Officers, Assistant Surgeons, Sub Assistant Lieutenant William Hopper Shephard, r a.m.c., took Surgeons and Army Bearer personnel of the Shaib* Force the M. R. C. S. and L. R. C. P. London in 1914. He joined the and of the Line of Communication. In action they displayed Special Reserve of the R. A. M. C. on 18th September 1914, great bravery, while throughout the strenuous and unremit- and was called out for duty on 7th October. ting labour of the last six days and nights their devotion to Major W. P. Dillon, of the Canadian Army Medical duty has evoked universal praise. Over 1,100 wounded, Corps, was killed in Flanders on 4th May. His commission including those of enemy, have been attended to and was dated 22nd September 1914. He had a Canadian quali- evacuated to the General Hospital at the Base under condi fication, his name is not in the Medical Register for 1915. tions of unusual difficulty and strain on the medical Lieutenant Eric Alfred Wright, r.a.m.c., died on personnel who have nobly done their duty. 20th June, at Alexandria, of septic poisoning, contracted in The following extracts are from the despatches on the work " " ? operating on a septic case, aged 36. He was the only son of of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: Dr. and Mrs. Wright of Mountsorrel, Romford, and was Captain D. Arthur, I.M.S., was particularly conspicuous educated atFelsted School and at Selwyn College, Cambridge, in attending Captain Daunt and other wounded when ex- where he took the B. A. in 1S99, the Rl. B. and B. C. in 1901. posed to heavy fire, and throughout the action. aHdthe D. P. H., in 190r>, also taking the M. R. C. S and Captain H. E. Shortt, I.M.S., in the operations from L. R. C. P. London in 1903. He was a Sergeant in the London Mezera on the left bank of the Tigris on 30th January 1915, Scottish, went with that corps to France, and was with displayed great devotion and courage in attending to them in their first action at Messines, When Captain wounded in the open, in face of rifie fire at comparatively Macnab, their medical officer, was killed in action, he became close quarters." to surgeon the battalion. Shortly after he was invalided The following departmental warrant officers, non com- and a home, took temporary commission as Lieutenant in the missioned officers, and men have rendered valuable service, R. A. M. C. from 16th December 1914. In March ho was sent for which I recommend suitable departmental promotion in to Alexandria, where he was serving in the 15th General each case in the order named :? Hospital. After qualifying he served as assistant and senior Medical Services. medical officer at the North-West London hospital, and as No. 854 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Mohun Lai. house surgeon to St. Peter's hospital for stone ; and then 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon E. A. Cotton, Sept "MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES." , 1915.J 359^
Assistant Directors 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Ganga Ram Hariba. Deputy of Medical Services 3rd S. Class Assistant Surgeon C._ Raphael. R?>'?1 Ar?y 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon H. Vincent. MSiKK KSS-? 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon V. Sambasiva Nayalcar. Hamilt0n> Indlan Medi~l S???- Colonel P. Hehir, M.D., as senior medical officer has D?,^pSfKd done much to promote the general efficiency of the Force I"d,'an m??~is"??- by his unceasing care for the physical welfare of the troops sk-D-30- Lieutenant-Colonel F. and followers, and for the treatment of the sick and wounded. Harvey, Roval* AimyArmv Medicali He possesses great administrative ability and is an extremely Corps. Dated 20th May 1915. valuable officer. The King has approved the promotion of the under mentioned officer of the Indian Medical Service The 12th) writes :? " Hospital (June Lieutenant to be The Indian Medical Service has lost another good officer Temporary Temporary Captain? by the death of Major James Woods, whose name appeared James Robert Hall Walker, m.d. Dated 22nd December in the casualty list recently. An Edinburgh University man, 1914.III. he graduated in medicine and surgery in 1901. Major Woods The King has approved the grant of the temporary rank was fortunate in seeing plenty of active service during his OIof Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service to the under- Indian career: thus, in Frontal operations during 1908 he mentioned gentleman :? was present at Mohmand, Matta, and Kargha, being men- Jehangir Pestonjee Canteenvalla. Dated loth November tioned in despatches and awarded the medal and clasp for his services in the field. After various other experiences, Major Senior Assistant Surgeon and Honorary Captain Richard is retained in the service after Woods found himself in civil employ in the Punjab at the Sharpies the age of 55 years mobilisation attached to with effect from the 8th June until further outbreak of war, and after became 1915, orders ' and' the 89tli Garhwal Rifles, with whom he continued until his will be borne as supernumerary in his rank and grade work was ended, at the age of thirty eight, during the Captain R. Brown, i.s.m.p., Civil Surgeon of Sambalpur severe fighting of the past few weeks." is appointed until further orders to act as Civil Surgeon of Cliamparan. The services of J. We regret that in our list of Birthday Honours we Major Massdii, m.b., f.r.c.s e i ms omitted name P. L. of the are at the of the of Rao Sahib Sabagora, placed temporarily disposal His Exceilenpvy tV?' Ahmedabad B. J. Medical School. Commander in-Chief in India. Colonel H. Hendley, m.d.. i.m.s., Deputy Director Retired Captain W. Forrester, I.S.M.D., Civil Surgeon, Medical Services in India, is appointed to be Tnsn?w^,.' as a General of Civil Sitapur, to hold visiting medical charge of Kheri. Hospitals, Punjab, with effect froinom 11,1the 12th 1915. measure, vice Military Assistant Surgeon H. C. July temporary Hfindlev is succeeded Thompson. by Colonel T. E. Dyson and IjALA Mathra Dass, Assistant Surgeon, made over CAPTAIN T. F. UwENS, I m.h., charge of the duties of Superintendent of District Jail at v^iieimcai nxaminer anct Rnftprioloeist to the Government of to Lala Maya Dass, Assistant Surgeon, on the Burma, is appointed to Gurdaspur hold additional of the afternoon of the 25th May 1915. charge duties of Police Surgeon and General Mr. H V. W. Cox, Assistant Surgeon, made over charge Pathologist. Rangoon Hospital, with effect from the of the duties of of the District Jail at Superintendent ener al in Council to Lala Mathra Dass, Assistant on tho Governor-G is pleased to sanction Gurdaspur Surgeon, and afternoon of the 12th May 1915. following promotions in, appointments to, the order R,ifi
3rd Clas.s Assistant Surgeon A. G. L. Eraser. The undermentioned are appointed to be temporary Lieute- 4th Class Assistant Surgeon A. F. J. D'Arcy. nants, I. M S., subject to His Majesty's approval; with 4tli Class Assistant Surgeon E. R. Hill. effect from the dates specified :? 4th Class Assistant Surgeon J. W. Perkins. Sohrab Nussenvanji Forbes, M.B. ... 9tli .Tune 1915. ... 1st Class Senior Sub-Assistant Surgeon Gauri Shankar. Maneclv Burjorji Patel ... 9th June 1915. 1286 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon S. Jesudasan. Narain llama Rao Ubhaya ... 14th .Tune 1915. S'29 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Lachhmann Das. Narimon Byramji Mehta ... 21st June 19 5. 903 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Muhammad Raza Said Shamsudin Mahamadi, M.B. ... 24th June 1915. Khan. 997 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Pa'rshad Narayan of Sukul. His Excellency the Chancellor the University of the 933 1st Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Salagram. Bombay is pleased to renominate following gentlemen t0 with effect from 379 3rd Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Ganpat Kanoji Rao be Ordinary Fellows of the University the Rane. date of expiry of their present term of office :? \V. E. n.P.H , F 1362 3rd Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Raj Singh. Lieutenant-Colonel Jennings, M.D., C.P.S., I Dr. Charles J. B.sc. Ph.D. 1333 3rd Class Sub-Assistant Surgeon Upendra Kumar M.S.; J. Fox, (Lond.), Ganguli. His Excellency the Governor of Bombay in Council is Indian Army. pleased to appoint Major J. C. S. Oxley. F.R.C.S. (E.), I.M.S., to act as Civil Surgeon, Karachi, in addition to his Military Sub-Assistant Surgeon Hamkrishna 2nd Class Ganpat duties, vice Major A. YV. Duke, F.R.C.S. (I), D.P.H., I MS., Shinde, 1st Batt 39th Garliwal Rifles- pending further orders. Lieutenant H. S Cormack, i.m.s., 47th Sikhs. Honours are :? The following gazetted Major H. R. Nutt, I.MS., civil Surgeon, has been granted Medical Service. Indian by His of State for India an extension and Lieut.-Col. Majesty's Secretary C. M. G.~Lieut.-Col. C. H. Bowie-Evans of six months' leave on medical certificate. F. Wall. D. S. O Capt. John Taylor. Surgeon General J. G. MacNeece, c.b., Army Medical Gross? J. S. O'Neill and Second-class Military Capt. Service, to be temporary Director, Medical Services in India, Shinde. Sub-Asst. Surg. Ramkrishna Ganpat vice Surgeon General \V. Babtie, V.C.. C.B., o.M.G., Army W. W. White. Brevet-Colonel.?Lieut.-Col. Medical Servicc, proceeded on field service to the Dardanelles, dated the 8th July 1915. Indian Medical Service.?Sir Philip Magnus asked the on June if he could state Secretary of State for India, 23rd, Major P. K. i.m.s., 75th Carnatic Infantry, is the Chitale, what was the exact amount of pay to officers in Indian to be Cantonment Magistrate of the Cantonment now with the field appointed Medical Service who were employed of Baroda, in addition to his own duties, with elfect from in and ambulances of the Expeditionary Force France, by the 1st July 1915. how much their pay had been increased since it was stated that the rate of pay in future would be somewhat in excess of unemployed pay; and whether any of the other grievances of which the Indian medical officers at that time complained had been redressed. Mr. Chamberlain in a written reply stated that a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service of two years' service employed with the Expeditionary Force in France who held no specific appointment received under the orders recently issued grade pay of Rs. 350 a month and staff pay of Rs 100 a month, or Rs. 450 a month in all. as against unemployed pay of Rs. 420 a month A lieutenant of less than two years' service likewise received Rs. 450 a month, if at the time he left India he drew staff pay ; otherwise he received unemployed pay. A captain of less than five years standing, who held no specific appointment in France, received grade pay of Rs. 400 a month and staff piy of Rs. 100 a month, ov Rs. 500 a month in all, as against unemployed pay of 11s. 475 a month. These rates were exclusive of exchange compensation allowance. With regard to the second pnrt of the question, the grievances represented in Sir Philip Magnus's two questions of April 27th (British Medical Journal. May 1st. p. 777) were remedied by the decision of the War Office described in answer to those questions. ?B. M. J.
The services of Major G A. Jolly, i M.S., officiating civil surgeon, Gonda, are temporarily replaced at the disposal of the Government of India, Army department, with effect from the date he relinquished charge of his duties.
Lieutenant-Colon k.l A. W. T. Buist. i m.s , made over executive charg? of the duties of Superintendent of the District Jail at Ambala to Mr. W C. Gow, Magistrate, 1st class, on the forenoon of the 28th June 1915- In consequence of mobilization, the services of Lieutenant. W. C. M. and Charters, I.S.M.D , Civil Surgeon. Karnal, Lieutenant W. C- L Deeks, l.s M D? Civil Surgeon. Gujranwala, are replaced temporarily at the disposal of the Director-General. Indian Medical Service, with effect from the forenoon of the 21st June 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel E. E. Waters, i.jis, has been granted by His Majesty's Secretary of State for India an extension of leave for three months. It will be remembered that Lieutenant-Colonel Waters, when Civil Surgeon of Howrah suffered for some months from a severe attack of blood poisoning, on his arrival in England he had a severe relapse, but has recovered and is now convalescing at Cromer in Norfolk.
^ Lieutknant-Colonel J. Fisiieh, d.s.o., Indian Medical Service (Bengal), an Agency Surgeort of the 2nd Class and Residency Surgeon, Jaipur, is appointed temporarily to hold visiting charge of the office of Agency Surgeon, Kotah and Jhalawar, in addition to his own duties, with effect from the 3rd July, 1915, and until further orders.