Born in 1822 and baptized on April 5th of that year; son of Joseph Smith, of Kempsey, Worcestershire. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on March 19th, 1845, being promoted Surgeon on February 21st, 1859; Surgeon Major on March 19th, 1865; and Deputy Inspector-General when in charge of t

Born at Blaydon-on-Tyne on 24 March 1871, the eldest of the seven children of Michael Urwin, provision merchant, and his wife Ann Johnson. He was educated at the Science and Art School, now the Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and at Glasgow University, where he was awarded the Brunton memoria

Morley was educated at Guy's Hospital. After qualifying in 1878-79 he acted as house surgeon and then as resident medical officer at the Northampton General Infirmary. After a period as surgeon to the East Lancashire Infirmary at Blackburn, he entered the Royal Naval Medical Service in 1883. Morley

Born on November 7th, 1818, and entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 25th, 1841. He was Surgeon to the 33rd Native Infantry, Madras, and saw active service in the Indian Mutiny (1857-1858). He died of dysentery at Dinapur on June 24th, 1858.

Juan Ignacio Vergara was a military surgeon and director of the Santiago Military Hospital, Chile. The Royal College of Surgeons was informed of this death in February 2012.

Son of Inspector-General W H Sloggett, RN, of Tremabyn, Paignton, South Devon, was born at Stoke Damarel in that county on Nov 24th, 1857, his mother being Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cornish-Crossing, JP, of Stoke Damarel. He was educated at King's College, London, and entered the Army as Surgeon

Born on April 26th, 1778. On April 9th, 1800, he became Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff, unattached. On June 5th of the same year he was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 4th Foot, promoted to Surgeon on July 9th, 1803; transferred to the 66th Foot on May 23rd, 1805, back to the 4th Foot, and t

Born at Faversham on June 12th, 1859. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, Resident Obstetric Assistant, and Demonstrator of Anatomy. He was then House Surgeon to the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, and Clinical Assistant to the Evelina Hospital for Children. Spong was gaz

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he gained the Bentley Surgical Prize in 1890. He was then appointed House Surgeon and House Physician at the Metropolitan Hospital, and entered the Indian Medical Service as Lieutenant in 1895. His first years were spent mainly on plague and famine duty,

Born in London on September 10th, 1806, son of George Stovell. He was educated at St George's Hospital from 1822-1826. He joined the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on October 8th, 1828, was promoted Surgeon on February 20th, 1844, and Superintending Surgeon on June 17th, 1857. He became Principal

Born on July 25th, 1814, and was educated at Guy's Hospital. He entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on May 27th, 1852, was promoted to Surgeon on January 31st, 1852, to Surgeon Major on February 1st, 1859, and retired on February 20th, 1860. He saw active service in the Second Sikh or Punja

Mohammed Sharif was a military doctor in the Pakistan, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Africa and ultimately director of UNRWA (the United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) operations on the West Bank. He was born on 7 January 1912 in Nab