Assistant Surgeon William James Wilson
MD (Belf 1860)
5 Sep 1838 [Straid Ballynure Co. Antrim] – 8 Feb 1918 [Southsea]
Service Record
1 Apr 1861 Staff Assistant Surgeon.
17 Sep 1861 Relegated to half-pay.
6 May 1862 Restored to full-pay.
5 Sep 1862 Assistant Surgeon 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
11 Apr 1865 Staff Assistant Surgeon.
30 Mar 1867 Assistant Surgeon 28th Regiment of Foot.
7 Mar 1872 Arrived from Gibraltar.
1873 On duty with 28th Regiment.
29 Mar 1874 To England on leave.
12 July 1874 Returned to Malta.
27 Oct 1875 To England on leave.
6 Dec 1875 Returned to Malta.
17 Dec 1875 Left for Hong Kong with 28th Regiment.
1 Apr 1876 Surgeon-Major.
1880–1881 Served in the Second Afghan War with the Southern Afghanistan Field Force.
1885–1886 Commanded the Station Hospital at Portsmouth.
1885 Served in the Sudan, commanding No 1 Bearer Company in the Suakin Field Force.
28 Mar 1887 Brigade-Surgeon.
1887 Commanded the Station Hospital at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh State, India.
2 May 1888 Retired.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 5993. Johnston W. Roll of Commissioned Offices in the Medical Service of the British Army. Vol 1 (20 June 1727-23 June 1898), Aberdeen (1917).
- Succession Book Vol 12. Returns of service of medical officers in the Regular Army.
- Obituary Br Med J (1918), 246 (Published 23 February 1918).