Entered the Medical Department of the Indian Army in May, 1858, and became Surgeon in May, 1870. At the time of his death he was Acting Professor of Surgery at the Medical Hospital of Calcutta, where his careful and practical manner of teaching had won him popularity. He was a scientific and skilful operator, and his colleague and friend, Sir Joseph Fayrer, wrote of him at the time of his death as an "officer well qualified to uphold the dignity of his service and profession, and, to those who had the privilege of knowing him well, a true and loyal friend. His place will not be easily filled, nor will his memory readily fade in the College where he taught so well." Cutliffe died at 2 o'clock on the morning of October 24th, 1873, after tracheotomy had been performed for an acute inflammation of the throat. He left a widow and family. Publication:- *Practical Rules for Safe Guidance in the Performance of the Lateral Operation of Lithotomy, with a table of Cases operated on*, 8vo, 1866.