RAMC Officers
Of the Malta Garrison
Sidney Martin Hattersley
1888 – 1943

Major Sidney Martin Hattersley

MC (1918) MD (Camb 1931) MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond 1912) MB BCh (Camb 1916) DPH (1925)

15 Mar 1888 [Paddington London] – 24 Mar 1943 [King's Lynn Norfolk]

Major Sidney Martin Hattersley was educated at Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital.

He graduated MB in 1916 and MD in 1931.

Service Record

1912 House Physician Manchester Royal Infirmary.

1912–1913 Took part in the Balkan Campaign of 1912-1913 as surgeon, Ottoman Crescent Society at Scutari.

30 Jan 1914 Lieutenant RAMC.

16 Aug 1914 Deployed with the BEF to France, but was taken prisoner on 26 August. Liberated a year later he returned to England.

30 Mar 1915 Captain RAMC.

Aug 1916–Dec 1918 Served again in France.

1 Mar 1919 Arrived from England.

18 Mar 1919 Appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene Malta Command.

15 June 1920 Home leave.

7 Sep 1920 Returned to Malta.
Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene Malta Command.

1921 Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene Malta Command.

27 Sep 1921 Birth of John Singleton Hattersley, son of Vera and Sidney Martin.

5 May 1922 Home leave.

25 June 1922 Returned to Malta.

1923 On garrison duty.

2 Mar 1924 Returned to England.

1924 Specialist in Hygiene.

1925–1935 Army School of Hygiene.

1927–1932 Served in India.

30 Jan 1926 Major RAMC.

4 Mar 1934 Arrived in England from India.

1 Nov 1935 Posted to Egypt.

1935–1941 Served in Egypt.

20 Sep 1935 Lieutenant Colonel RAMC.

1935–1936 Served in the Sudan.

1937–1939 Commanding Officer Military Hospital Moascar.

20 Sep 1938 Colonel L/RAMC.

1939–1940 Assistant Director of Hygiene HQ British Troops Egypt.

1940– 6 Dec 1941 ADMS HQ Cairo Sub-Area.

1941 DDMS HQ Cairo.

Jan–Aug 1942 DDMS HQ London District.

24 Mar 1943 Died on active service from illness. Lies buried at Burnham Overy Norfolk Churchyard.

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