Wyatt, John (1825 - 1874)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E003664 - Wyatt, John (1825 - 1874)

Title
Wyatt, John (1825 - 1874)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E003664

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2013-03-06

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Wyatt, John (1825 - 1874), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Wyatt, John

Date of Birth
22 October 1825

Date of Death
2 April 1874

Place of Death
Bournemouth

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
CB (mil) 1873
 
MRCS May 26th 1848
 
FRCS December 13th 1866

Details
The eldest son of James Wyatt, of Lidsey, near Chichester, by his wife, Caroline, born October 22nd, 1825, and baptized in the parish church of Aldingbourne, Sussex, on October 28th, 1825. He entered the Army as Assistant Surgeon on June 17th, 1851, was gazetted Surgeon on April 9th, 1857, and Surgeon Major on January 9th, 1863, being attached during the whole of his service to the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. He saw active service in the Crimea, and was present at the Battles of the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and at the siege of Sebastopol. At Inkerman his horse was shot under him. He received the Crimean Medal with four Clasps, the Turkish Medal, and the knighthood of the Legion of Honour. He was selected by the War Department in 1870 to act as Medical Commissioner at the head-quarters of the French Army during the Franco-German War, and was present in this capacity through the whole of the siege of Paris. He rendered important services to the sick and wounded as a member of the Société de Secours aux Blessés and was attached to an ambulance. He was decorated CB for his services in 1873, died at Bournemouth on April 2nd, 1874, and was buried in the Brompton Cemetery.

Sources
*Dict Nat Biog*, sub nomine et auct ibi cit
 
Johnston's *RAMC Roll*, No 5066

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/E003000-E003999/E003600-E003699

URL for File
375847

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