Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001115 - Chambers, John ( - 1846)
Title:
Chambers, John ( - 1846)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001115
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2010-11-24
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Chambers, John ( - 1846), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Chambers, John
Date of Death:
27 September 1846
Place of Death:
Falmouth, Jamaica
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS May 5th 1809
FRCS (by election) August 26th 1844
LSA 1844
Details:
Was Hospital Mate (an abbreviation of Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff, not attached to a regiment) for two periods from November 27th, 1809, to May 24th, 1810, and again from March 28th, 1814, to July 7th, 1819. He served in the United States in 1814. On July 8th, 1819, he became Hospital Assistant, i.e., Hospital Assistant to the Forces, a designation in force from 1813-1828, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 64th Foot on April 29th, 1824, becoming Surgeon to the same Regiment on July 26th, 1835. He was transferred to the 22nd Foot in April, 1837, to the 15th Regiment of Dragoons in May, 1840, to the 11th Dragoons in June, 1841, and to the Staff (First Class) in December, 1843. He died at Falmouth, Jamaica, on September 27th, 1846.
Sources:
Johnston's *R.A.M.C. Roll*, No. 4023
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001100-E001199
Media Type:
Unknown
