Surgeon Captain Charles Manche
MD
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Service Record
Son of Professor Lorenzo Manche
2 Jan 1901 Commissioned Surgeon-Lieutenant 2nd/Royal Malta Regiment of Militia.
1902 Surgeon-Lieutenant 2nd/Royal Malta Regiment of Militia.
1903 Surgeon-Lieutenant King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
Resident at 18 Strada Molino Valletta.
8 Dec 1904 Promoted Surgeon-Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1905 Surgeon-Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1906 Surgeon-Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1907 Surgeon Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1908 Renowned ophthalmologist. On 22 July 1908, he founded the Instituto Ophthalmico at Hamrun, conjointly with his father Surgeon-Lt Colonel Lorenzo Manche (1846-1921) for the treatment of trachoma in the poor. The Ophthalmic Institute closed on 1 Apr 1921.
1909 Surgeon Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1910 Surgeon Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1911 Surgeon Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1912 Surgeon Captain King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
2 Jan 1913 Appointed Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1914 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1915 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1916 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1917 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1918 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1919 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
1920 Surgeon-Major King's Own Malta Regiment of Militia.
31 Dec 1921 Relinquished his commission. Granted the Hon Rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Bibliography
- Samut Tagliaferro A, History of the The Royal Malta Artillery 1800-1939, Vol I, Appendix 8, Roll and Record of Regimental Officers commissioned between 1800 and 1939. Part III Regimental Medical Officers. (Malta 1976), pp 475-476.
- Wismayer J. M. The History of the King's Own Malta Regiment. (Malta 1989).