Assistant Surgeon John Collins
BA (Dubl 1799) MB (1803) MD (1806)
26 July 1782 – 17 Feb 1841
Service Record
17 July 1808 Appointed Hospital Mate.
17 July – Aug 1808 On duty in England.
Aug – Sep 1808 On duty in the Peninsula.
Sep 1808 – Nov 1809 On duty in England.
1 Dec 1808 Appointed Assistant Surgeon 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot. Was on duty with the 2nd Battalion.
Nov 1809 – Oct 1812 Served in the Peninsular War.
Malta 1811 Arrived at Malta.
Malta 1812 Detached on duty with the 2nd Battalion.
25 Oct 1812 – Apr 1814 Prisoner of War in France.
Apr – Oct 1814 On duty in England.
Oct 1814 – Jan 1816 On duty in the Netherlands and France.
18 June 1815 Served at Waterloo with 2nd/44th Foot. Part of the Fifth Division (Lt Gen Sir Thomas Picton), 9th Bde (Maj Gen Dennis Pack). 9th Bde consisted of: 3rd/1st Foot, 1st/42nd Foot, 2nd/44th Foot, 1st/92nd Foot.
Jan 1816 – 13 May 1818 On duty in England.
28 Mar 1816 Appointed Surgeon Royal York Rangers.
8 July 1816 Appointed Surgeon 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, through exchange.
14 May 1818 Retired to half-pay 60th Foot.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 2896. William Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Offices in the Medical Service of the British Army, 20 June 1727-23 June 1898. (Aberdeen, University Press, 1917).
- MacLennan A., The Waterloo Roll Call, Army Medical Services.
- TNA:WO 25/3898/251, Records of Service – Officers of the Medical Department (1790–1847).