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War Services of the Medical Officers.
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Inspectors- General.
1 Dr. Borland entered the Army in 1792, as Surgeon’s Mate of the 42nd Kegt., from which
he was promoted to the Staff the following year, and served two campaigns in Flanders, under
the Duke of York. From 1795 to 1798 he served as Staff Surgeon in St. Domingo, remaining
in the Island until evacuated by the British Troops. In 1799 he served the campaign in North
Holland. From 1810 to 1816 he was employed at the head of the Medical Department in the
Mediterranean, and he accompanied to Naples the troops which, under General M'Farlane,
assisted the Austrians in expelling Murat; and he was also present with a division of the Army
which proceeded from Genoa to Marseilles, and blockaded Toulon. During the expedition to
the Scheldt Dr. Borland volunteered the duty of a mission to Walcheren at the head of a com¬
mission appointed to enquire into the nature of the alarming malady prevailing amongst the
troops. Their report was approved by Government and ordered by a vote of the House of
Commons to be printed and circulated. He is a Knight of St. Maurice and Lazare.
3 Mr. Franklin served in the Peninsula from Sept. 1808 to the end of the war, including the
battles of Yittoria, Pampeluna, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse, and siege of
Badajoz, for which he has received the War Medal with six Clasps. Served also in the
American War, including the battle of Plattsburgh. He served in India from April 1842,
to June 1850; was present at the battles of Chillianwallah and Goojerat, in the Punjaub
campaign (Medal and two Clasps, and CB.).
4 Doctor French served with the 4th Regt. in the Peninsula from May 1812 to the end of
that war in 1814, including the battles of Salamanca and Yittoria, siege of the castle of San
Sebastian, passage of the Bidassoa and of the Nivelle, and actions of the Nive in Dec. 1813.
He served in the American war at the battle of Bladensburg, and in all the operations before
Baltimore and New Orleans. Served with the 49th (also as Superintending Surgeon from April
1841, until towards the close of active operations), throughout the war in China (Medal), in¬
cluding the capture of Chusan, storming of the heights and forts above Canton, taking of Amoy,
sortie and repulse of the night attack on Ningpo, and capture of Chapco, Woosung, Shanghae,
and Chin Kiang Foo, and investment of Nankin. He has received the War Medal with five
Clasps.
5 Sir James Grant served as Hospital-Assistant in the campaign of 1793 with the army
under the Duke of York. In 1795 he was senior Staff Surgeon to the expedition for the cap¬
ture of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1809 he served throughout the Walcheren campaign, in
which he was appointed Inspector to the Forces in the Field, having the charge at the bombard¬
ment of Flushing, and in South Beveland. He served the campaigns of 1813 and 14 in Holland
and Belgium as chief of the department. In 1815 he served the campaign of Waterloo as chief
of the medical department of the Duke of Wellington’s army ; and he continued as medical
chief of that army during the three years’ occupation of France. He is a Knight 2nd Class of St.
Anne of Russia.
6 Mr. Gunning served in Holland and Flanders in 1793, 94, and 95. Embarked with
the Peninsular Army in 1808 as Surgeon to the Commander-in-Chief and Staff Surgeon, and
was afterwards made Deputy Inspector and Surgeon-in-Chief, and served until the close of that
war in 1814 : he has received the War Medal with eleven Clasps for Roleia, Yimiera, Talavera,
Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Yittoria, St. Sebastian, and
Orthes. He was also at Waterloo as Surgeon in-Chief of the Army, and was honored with the
Order of the Netherlands Lion by the King of Holland, for his attendance upon the then Prince
of Orange who was wounded on the Field of Battle.
7 Doctor Maclean served at Walcheren in 1809 ; and in the Peninsula from Feb. 1810 to the
end of that war in 1814, including the battles of Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees,
crossing the Bidassoa, and battles of Nivelle and Toulouse (War Medal with six Clasps).
8 Sir John Hall served the campaign of 1815 in Flanders. Served the campaign of 1847 in
Kaffraria, as head of the Medical Department under Sir George Berkeley, and was thanked in
General Orders (Medal). In 1848 he accompanied Sir Harry Smith across the Orange River,
as principal medical officer of the force employed against the emigrant Boers,—was present at
the battle of Boem Plaatz, and specially mentioned in Sir Harry’s Dispatch, for services on the
field, and subsequently thanked in General Orders. Was principal medical officer of the army
in Kaffraria under Sir Harry Smith during the campaign of 1851, and thanked in General
Orders on his being ordered to India. Served as Principal Medical Officer of the Eastern Army
from the 18th June 1854 to 5th July 1856 without being absent from duty for a single day; was
present at the affairs of Bulganac, and M'Kenzie’s Farm, battles of Alma (mentioned in Dis¬
patches), Balaklava, Inkerman, and Tchernaya, capture of Balaklava, siege and fall of Sebastopol,
taking of the Rifle Pits and Quarries, assault of the Redan on the 18th June (Medal and four
Clasps, KCB., Officer of the Legion of Honor, and 3rd Class of the Medjidie).
9 Mr. Henry served with the 66th Regiment in the Peninsula from May 1811 to the close
of the war at Toulouse, including the last siege of Badajoz, battle of Vittoria, and actions in
the Pyrenees ; battles of the Nivelle and Nive, engagement at Garris, battle of Orthes and
action at Aire. He served also with the same corps in the Nepaulese War in India in
1816-17, and in the two Canadian Rebellions of 1837-38. Mr. Henry was present with his