Staff Surgeon Crump Ely
? – Oct 1829 [Maidstone]
Service Record
4 Mar 1794 Hospital Mate.
19 Oct 1798 Apothecary in the Mediterranean.
4 Apr 1800 Staff Surgeon.
Served in Egypt 1800–1801.
2 Mar 1801 Part of the medical staff at Aboukir.
Malta Oct 1801 Arrived from Egypt.
Malta Jan 1802 Left Malta.
25 June 1802 Half-pay.
24 Mar 1803 Staff Surgeon Recruiting District Newry.
9 June 1804 Staff Surgeon.
1806 Served in Hannover.
1806 – 1807 Served in South America. On 28 June 1806, Buenoa Aires was taken by Sir Home Popham. On 2 Feb 1807 Sir Samuel Achsmurthy took Monte Video On 7 July General Whitelock capitulates at Buenos Aires. Also Brigadier General Crawford. Surgeon Ely served under Crawford,
Served in the Peninsular War (1808–14).
18 Jan 1816 Reduced to half-pay with rank of Deputy Inspector of Hospitals.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 1830. Johnston, W. Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army. Vol. 1. London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1968.