Born at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, on March 22nd, 1836, and received his professional training at the London Hospital. He joined the Army Medical Service as Assistant Surgeon on the staff on June 13th, 1859, and later became Surgeon, Army Medical Department. In December, 1867, he joined the Royal Artillery (Royal Regiment of Artillery), and was promoted Surgeon Major in January, 1875. In 1884-1885 he served in the Sudan Campaign (Nile Expedition), and was in charge of the Military Hospital at Kaibar, for which services he received the Medal with Clasp and the Khedive's Bronze Star. He was put on retired pay, with the honorary rank of Brigade Surgeon (Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel) in May, 1885. He resided latterly at The Ferns, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, and while on a visit to his friend, Fleet Surgeon H L Penny, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, died suddenly of heart failure on the evening of Sunday, May 3rd, 1908. Publication:- "Dislocation of the Humerus reduced by Right-angle Traction." - *Brit Med Jour*, 1887, i, 61.