Indian Mutiny 1857 - 9

THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE:

Superintending-Surgeon John Boon Hayes - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 19 August 1826. According to Roll of IMS he died in Calcutta 18 July 1856?

Senior-Surgeon James Graham - murdered by mutineers at Sealkote - 9th July 1857
Born 28 Jan. 1797. Aged 60. Served in the Gwalior (star) and Sutlej (medal & clasp) Campaigns.

Senior-Surgeon Kinloch Winlaw Kirk - murdered by mutineers at Moorar - 13th June 1857
Born 24 Dec. 1814. Author of 'Topography of the Sind' (1847).
Grave at the Christian Cemetery, Gwalior - "Sacred to the memory of Kinloch Winlaw Kirk M.D. Superintending surgeon Gwalior contingent. Shot by mutinous sepoys on the 15th June 1857 Aged 45 years."

Surgeon William Robert Boyes - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born October 1816. Serving with 1st Bengal Native Cavalry. Son of William Boyes, of Brixton Hill, Surrey. His wife, Kate, was also killed.

Surgeon Nathaniel Collyer - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 6 August 1806.

Surgeon Christopher Garbett - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 20 June 1806. Served Punjab campaign.

Surgeon Arthur Wellesley Robert Newenham - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 21 August 1812. Served Sutlej campaign.

Surgeon Thomas Smith - murdered by mutineers at Meerut - 10th May 1857
Born 15 July 1809.

Assistant-Surgeon Robert Dallas Dove Allan - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born April 1819. Served Sutlej campaign (medal 2 clasps).

Assistant-Surgeon Robert Henry Bartrum - killed in action at Lucknow - 26th September 1857
Aged 26. Serving with the 3rd Oude Irregular Infantry.

Assistant-Surgeon Henry Thomas Cary - killed in action at Mehidpore - 8th November 1857
Born 27 July 1833.

Assistant-Surgeon Edmund Darby - died of wounds at Lucknow - 27th October 1857
Aged 24. Serving with 10th Oude Irregular Infantry. Son of Sydney Hudson Darby, of Tienga, Bandorah River, Australia. Wounded by a shell and died soon after. His wife, Mary, and child were killed at Lucknow.

Assistant-Surgeon Anthony Dopping - murdered by mutineers at Delhi - 11th May 1857
Born 6 August 1830.

Assistant-Surgeon Hartwell Samuel Garner - murdered by mutineers at Segowlee - 9th July 1857
Born July 1821. Served Sutlej and Punjab campaigns. Serving with the 12th Irregular Cavalry when killed. His wife Susan and one of their two children were also killed.

Assistant-Surgeon John Colin Graham - killed in action at Sealkote - 9th July 1857.
Born 24 Nov. 1819 at Bhagalpur. Son of Major-General John Graham, Bengal Army. Served in the Punjab campaign (medal 2 clasps)

Assistant-Surgeon George Hansbrow - murdered by mutineers at Bareilly - 31st May 1857
Born 6 Feb 1823.

Assistant-Surgeon Horatio Philip Harris - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 11 July 1823 at sea, near Ceylon. Son of Henry Harris (Asst-Surgeon Bengal Army).

Assistant-Surgeon John MacDowell Hay - murdered by mutineers at Bareilly - 31st May 1857
Born 2 Feb 1819, son of Surgeon John Hay (Madras Army). Served Gwalior (star).

Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Godfrey Heathcote - killed in action at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born Feb. 1818. Co-author of 'The Adaman Islands'

Assistant-Surgeon Marcus George Hill - murdered by mutineers at Seetapore - 2nd June 1857
Born 1829.

Assistant-Surgeon William Henry James - murdered by mutineers at Agra - 4th July 1857
Born 9 Nov. 1829.

Assistant-Surgeon Robert Lyell - killed in a riot at Patna - 3rd July 1857
Born 30 May 1825. Served Punjab campaign (medal 2 clasps). Author of 'Notes on Patna Opium Agency' (1857).

Assistant-Surgeon Daniel MacAuley - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857
Born 1 August 1830.

Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Maltby - killed in action at Cawnpore - 15th July 1857
Born Sept. 1820.

Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Moore - murdered by mutineers at Jogeermarah - 17th November 1857
Born 28 Nov. 1819 in America. Appointed to the Gwalior Contingent, served Sutlej campaign. Author of 'Selections from my Medical Notebooks' (1852).

Assistant-Surgeon M. Sadler - murdered by mutineers at Kotah - 15th October 1857

Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Hewlett Woodward - killed in action at Delhi - 31st August 1857
Born 5 Dec. 1832. Son of William James, of Tunbridge Wells.

ECCLESIASTICAL DEPARTMENT :

Chaplin George W. Coopland - murdered by mutineers at Moorar - 15th June 1857
Eldest son of Revd. George Coopland, Rector of St. Margaret's, York.
Grave in the Christian Cemetery, Gwalior - "To the memory of Rev. George William Coopland M.A. Late fellow of St. Catherine's College Cambridge and H.E.I.C.'S Chaplain. He was killed at Gwalior by the Sepoys on the morning of 15th June 1857 in the 30th year of his age. He had been chaplain of Gwalior for 6 months. This monument was erected by his widow after the retaking of Gwalior June 1858."

Chaplin E.T.R. Moncrieff - murdered by mutineers at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857


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