Staff Surgeon Owen Lindsey MD (Glasg 1827)
17 Mar 1785 – ?
Service Record
31 Dec 1803 Assistant Surgeon 2nd Dragoon Guards.
2 Nov 1809 Surgeon 72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
28 Dec 1809 Surgeon 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
1809 Served at Walcheren.
1810–1814 Served in the Peninsular War.
16 Jan 1812 Surgeon 5th Dragoon Guards.
5 Nov 1812 Staff Surgeon.
Malta 6 Dec 1820 Arrived from England.
Malta Oct 1821 In charge of the Ophthalmia Hospital of 52 beds, which was situated at the Military Hospital Valletta.
Malta 24 Dec 1821 Left for the Ionian Islands.
Malta Aug 1824 Arrived from the Ionian Islands.
Malta 1825 On garrison duty.
Malta Apr – Oct 1826 On home leave.
2 Nov 1830 Appointed Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals vice Richard Webster who declined his promotion.
13 Dec 1830 Retired.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 2322. 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, Records of Service - Officers of the Medical Department (1790–1847).
- Owen L. Half-yearly report of the ophthalmia cases treated in hospital at Malta from 21 June to 20 Dec 1821. RAMC 374 O/S 18 Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
- Fact and Documents relating to the establishment of the Ophthalmia Hospital. London 1821.