Hospital Mate Mathew Lamert
22 Oct 1776 – 30 Nov 1848
Service Record
22 Oct 1795 Hospital Mate.
1 Jan 1800 Assistant Surgeon 90th (Perthshire Volunteers-Light Infantry) Regiment.
25 June 1801 Surgeon 50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot.
Malta 11 Aug 1801 Arrived from Egypt.
18 Dec 1801 Left Malta.
1807 Served at the Second Battle of Copenhagen, 16 August–15 September 1807, when the British seized the Danish Fleet to prevent it falling into the hands of the French.
1809 Served at Walcheren (30 July–10 Dec 1809).
1809–1814 Wounded while serving in the Peninsular War.
4 July 1811 Surgeon 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.
15 June 1815 Surgeon 5th Royal Veteran Battalion.
1 Nov 1819 Surgeon 1st Royal Veteran Battalion.
8 July 1827 Surgeon 91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot.
21 Sep 1830 Promoted Deputy Inspector General.
21 Sep 1830 Retired.
1 July 1838 One of thirty four Deputy Inspectors General on half pay. Total Service: 42 years 8 months, Total Full Pay Service: 29 years 9 months.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 1941. Johnston W. Roll of Commissioned Offices in the Medical Service of the British Army. Vol 1 (20 June 1727-23 June 1898), Aberdeen (1917).
- TNA:WO 25/3897, (1790–1847); Records of Service - Officers of the Medical Department.