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*Esdaile - James Esdaile [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2013/01/the-apostle-of-mesmerism-in-india.html The ‘Apostle of Mesmerism in India’] Dr James Esdaile. Appointed 1831, returned to England in 1851. British Library-Untold Lives 25 January 2013
*Duke - Joshua Duke [http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionska00dukegoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Recollections of the Kabul campaign 1879 & 1880''] by Joshua Duke, Bengal Medical Service 1883 Archive.org. He initially had duties with the Staff and then took over medical charge of the 5th Goorkhas
*Dutt - Uday Chand Dutt. **[https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000838638 ''The Materia Medica of the Hindus by Uday Chand Dutt, late Civil Medical Officer, Serampore, ; with a glossary of Indian plants by George King, Superintendent, Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta''] Revised edition 1922 (First published 1870, most sources 1877) Archive.org. Dr Dutt had died by July 1885, mentioned [https://archive.org/stream/adictionaryecon00wattgoog#page/n15/mode/1up/search/Dutt here].
*Farquhar - John Farquhar Assistant Surgeon c 1794 was “better known for the large fortune which he acquired from the various speculations into which he entered", brief details are in this [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030697688#page/n45/mode/2up link] Archive.org
*Fayrer - Joseph Fayrer. [http://archive.org/stream/recollectionsofm1900fayr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Recollections of My Life''] by Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer 1900 Archive.org. Largely devoted to his life in India. He joined the Bengal Medical Service in 1850. He was at Lucknow during the [[Indian Mutiny]] [http://archive.org/stream/recollectionsofm1900fayr#page/130/mode/2up page 130] He returned to England in 1872, but accompanied the Prince of Wales on his visit to India in 1875.
*Gerard - Dr James Gerard, Surgeon accompanied the author of the following book on his journey: ''Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the king of Great Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
* Hamilton - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(surgeon) William Hamilton] (Wikipedia), a surgeon, died 1717. In gratitude for the success of the medical treatment given to him by Hamilton, the Mughal Emperor, Furrukhsiyar, made generous gifts to the English surgeon. He also allowed the East India Company to purchase about 30 villages which enabled fortification of their position around Calcutta and greatly strengthened their trading presence in Bengal. Hamilton's profession, therefore, played a significant role in establishing the early influence of the East India Company. [http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=237&s_id=140 Photo of memorial to Surgeon William Hamilton] on Fibis database
*Hendley - Thomas Holbein Hendley. [https://archive.org/details/b20407968 ''A medico-topographical account of Jeypore: based on the experience of twenty years' service as Residency Surgeon and thirteen as Superintendent of Dispensaries at Jeypore, Rajputana''] [Jaipur] by Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Holbein Hendley Bengal Medical Department 1895 Archive.org
*Ireland - William Wotherspoon Ireland wrote [https://archive.org/details/historyofsiegeof00offirich ''History of the Siege of Delhi''] by An Officer who served there 1861 Archive.org .He became an Assistant Surgeon in 1850, and was attached to the Bengal Horse Artillery. He was wounded (reported killed) and was retired on medical grounds a few years later.
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=KBMbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Report on jails visited and inspected in Bengal, Behar and Arracan''] by Frederic John Mouat Inspector of Jails, Lower Provinces 1856 Google Books
:*[https://archive.org/details/b2232091x ''The British Soldier in India''] by Frederic J Mouat, Surgeon H M’s Bengal Army and Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal. 1859. Archive.org
*Murray - John 1809-1898. Bengal Medical Service 1832-1871. Wrote four books/articles on medical topics, see [[Meerut]] for ''On the topography of Meerutt''. In 1849 he took up photography, and one opinion was " ...is probably the most important photographer of nineteenth century India", see [[Photographer]].*O'Shaugnessy - [http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap2B/Shaughnessy/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)], modernised treatment for cholera, introduced cannabis to Western medicine, laid first telegraph system in Asia.:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofsurgeonm00adamrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke...etc''] by M Adams (1889) Archive.org
*Paske - Charles Thomas Paske joined the Bengal Medical Service in August 1852, and was posted to Burma for about two years c 1853-1855, returned to India for four years, and was then reposted to Burma c 1859 for a few more years. He wrote [https://archive.org/details/myamma00unkngoog ''Myamma : a Retrospect of Life and Travel in Lower Burmah''] by Deputy Surgeon General C T Paske, Late of the Bengal Army 1893 Archive.org . Also published with the title [https://archive.org/details/lifetravelinlowe00paskuoft ''Life and Travel in Lower Burmah, a Retrospect''] Archive.org
*Roberts - Captain J. R. Roberts, I. M. S., Agency Surgeon at [[Gilgit]] took many of the photographs in the book [http://www.archive.org/stream/makingoffrontier00durarich#page/n15/mode/2up ''Making of a frontier: five years' experiences and adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral & the eastern Hindu-Kush''] by Algernon Durand 1900 Archive.org, and is mentioned page xi of the Preface
*Thornton - James Howard. [http://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891.
* Thorold - W G. Dr Thorold, I M S travelled to Tibet, and collected botanical specimens on the expedition described in [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023218278 ''Diary of a Journey across Tibet''] by Captain Hamilton Bower, 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org
*Walford - William Wilmington Walford. [http://books.google.com/books?id=DlpHAAAAIAAJ ''Autobiography of an Indian Army Surgeon: Or, Leaves Turned Down from a Journal''] by Wilmington Walford <ref>[https://archive.org/details/britishautobiogr0000matt/page/316/mode/1up Page 316] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' compiled by William Matthews, first published 1955. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.</ref> M.D. (published 1854) Google Books.
*Webb - [http://books.google.com/books?id=EX4FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA369 Obituary of Surgeon Major Allan Webb], died 15 September 1863, age 55, entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1835. A [http://books.google.com/books?id=CrlXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA498 second] obituary. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2325962/?page=1 Obituary from the British Medical Journal]. For many years from 1842, in addition to his other positions, he was surgeon to the [[Orphans#Lower_Orphan_School|Lower Orphan School]], Calcutta, probably until his retirement, or close to it.
*Wise - T A Wise [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2u0lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine''] by T A Wise, M D Bengal Medical Service New Issue 1860 First published 1845. Google Books. The author joined the Bengal Medical Service 13 August 1827 and retired in 1851.
===Madras===
*Aldred - George Edward Aldred was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical Service on the 20th of April 1847. This [http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/aldred.html page] from Asplin Military History shows the appointment procedures. He was [[Courts-martial|court martialled]] for unbecoming conduct in July 1848 and dismissed, as this [http://books.google.com/books?id=WhcYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA589 item] from ''Allen’s Indian Mail 1848'' shows, but subsequently reinstated.
*Annesley - James Annesley. [http://books.google.com/books?id=wgsDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3 ''Diseases of India''] by Sir James Annesley, 3rd edition. Google books. Commences with details of his career as a Military Surgeon in the Madras Presidency from 1800 until he retired in 1838, after five years on the Medical Board.
*Balfour - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Green_Balfour Edward Green Balfour] (Wikipedia), appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical Service and sailed for India 1834. Retired 1876 as Surgeon General of Madras Presidency. [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2023/otherstories.html#story3 Pages from History: Edward the green Balfour] ''Madras Musings'' March 16-31 2010.[http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/106/11/1594.pdf "Edward Green Balfour (1813–1889) and his contributions to Indian agriculture and forestry"] by Anantanarayanan Raman. ''Current Science'', Volume 106, No. 11, 10 June 2014.
*Jukes - [http://www.iranica.com/articles/jukes-andrew-british-east-india-company-surgeon Andrew Jukes] from Encyclopedia Iranica. Appointed Assistant Surgeon 1798.
*Kennedy - ''Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9'' by Richard Hartley Kennedy M.D. Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus. 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=BmVEAAAAIAAJ Volume 1] [http://books.google.com/books?id=UWVEAAAAIAAJ Volume 2]. Google Books. Also [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pCdVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Notes on the Epidemic Cholera''] by R H Kennedy Surgeon Bombay Presidency. Published at Calcutta 1827 Google Books
*Robb - [https://archive.org/details/medico-topographical-report-on-zanzibar/page/n3/mode/2up ''Medico Topographical Report on Zanzibar''] by John Robb, Surgeon, Bombay Medical Establishment. 1879. Archive.org. Robb was Agency Surgeon in Zanzibar as part of the Government of India Foreign Department.*Seward - George Edward Seward joined the Bombay Medical Service in 1855. His service included that of Medical Officer and Cantonment Magistrate at Baroda, where he was instrumental in discovering poison in the cup given through the Gaekwar’s agents to Sir Robert Phayre in 1874, later giving evidence at the famous Baroda trial. <ref> De White [httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20200711051145/https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/INDIAthread/2011-041315792/1302658336 Seward] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 13 Apr 2011. Retrieved on 3 May 2014, archived.</ref>
*Sylvester - John Henry Sylvester was appointed to the Bombay Medical Service in 1853. His book [http://books.google.com/books?id=F3UIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Recollections of the campaign in Malwa and Central India: under Major General Sir Hugh Rose''] by Assistant Surgeon John Henry Sylvester 1860 Google Books is about the campaign during the Indian Mutiny. C 1875 he wrote a manuscript which was published in 1971 by Macmillan, London under the title ''Cavalry surgeon : the recollections of Deputy Surgeon-General John Henry Sylvester, Bombay Army''
*Basu - Satyen Basu, a doctor from Calcutta, joined the Indian Medical Service early in the Second World War and served with the Allied forces in Iraq, Syria and North Africa. His unit surrendered near Tobruk in 1942 and he was transported to a POW camp in southern Italy, not far from Naples. His story is told in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?cat=14 "An Indian POW in Italy"] (scroll to the bottom of the page for part 1). amitavghosh.com (retrieved 2 May 2014). Also see ''A Doctor in the Army'' by Satyen Basu (Calcutta 1960)
*Guthrie - James. [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/096777200501300305 Abstract of an article] "‘It seems he is an Enthusiast about Tibet’: Lieutenant-Colonel James Guthrie, OBE (1906–71)" by Alex McKay, ''Journal of Medical Biography'' Volume: 13 issue: 3, page(s): 128-135 Issue published: August 1, 2005. Of the more than 20 officers of the Indian Medical Service who served in Tibet during 1904–50, when British Indian diplomats were stationed in that Himalayan state, James Guthrie was perhaps the most successful both in gaining the goodwill of the Tibetans and in advancing the reputation of medicine there. A Scotsman, Guthrie served in various military hospitals in India before his posting to Gyantse in southern Tibet in 1934–36, and during World War II he rose to be Assistant Director of Medical Services at the 10th Army headquarters in Teheran and Baghdad. In 1945 he was posted to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as Medical Officer to the British mission there. With his wife, who had nursing experience, he remained there until 1949.
*Limaye - Captain Gopal Gangadhar Limaye received a temporary commission in the Indian Medical Service in early 1918 . He was with the 87th Punjabis 1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920. He wrote ''War Memoirs'' , in Marathi , in 1939: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/366403 ''Sainyaan'tiila Aat'havand-ii'']. or ''Sainyatil Athavani''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.366403 Archive.org ] mirror version]from Digital Library of India, where the Introduction is in English. (The author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan'). Some excerpts in English may be found in [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004 “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”] November 14, 2012 amitavghosh.com. (retrieved 10 May 2014).
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1953602/?page=1 Obituary of R Markham Carter] 1875-1961 from the ''British Medical Journal'', with an additional [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968961/?page=1 tribute] (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc) A large part of his career was in Bombay. He was renowned for the stand he took in respect of the appalling conditions suffered by casualties at Basra in Mesopotamia during the [[First World War]].
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/p_meso_commission.htm His evidence about Mesopotamia] National Archives online exhibition. He is also quoted in [http://web.archive.org/web/20120203001248/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Mesopotamia/Wounded_01.htm "Wounded in Mesopotamia"] greatwardifferent.com, now an archived page.
**[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1917/jul/04/mesopotamia-commission Mesopotamia Commission] Hansard 04 July 1917. Mentions Major Carter
**[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130588308 Article] with photograph ''The World's News'' (Sydney, NSW} : 22 September 1917 trove.nla.gov.au
*Mukherji - Captain Kalyan Kumar Mukherji, I M S arrived in Mesopotamia in 1915. After the fall of Kut he was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp at Ras al-‘Ain, Syria where he died in 1917. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross. His letters to his family were incorporated into a book, in Bengali, available online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as ''Kalyan-Pradip'' by Mokshada Debi (two book files) [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/477826 Pdf download 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.477826 Archive.org mirror version 1]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/336494 Pdf download 2], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.336494 Archive.org mirror version 2]from Digital Library of India. Some excerpts have been translated into English by Amitav Ghosh. Scroll down to the entry [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201207 The ‘Home and the World’ in Iraq 1915-17: Part 1] to commence. For the final posts, [http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?m=201208 scroll down to the bottom three posts]. Written July- August 2012 amitavghosh.com (retrieved 10 May 2014). [https://archive.org/stream/CalcuttaReviewJanuary1937/Calcutta-Review%2C-January-1937#page/n93/mode/2up Article in ''The Calcutta Review January 1937'', page 83] with [https://archive.org/stream/CalcuttaReviewJanuary1937/Calcutta-Review%2C-January-1937#page/n11/mode/2up photograph]. Archive.org.*O'Meara - [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528099 ''I’d Live it Again''] by Lieut.-Col Eugene John O’Meara, Indian Medical Service (rtd) 1935. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523947 Archive.org (different DLI file)], mirror from Digital Library of India.The author is catalogued as Meara. An autobiography. He joined the IMS in 1898.
*Scriven - Captain Robert Douglas Scriven of the Indian Medical Service was awarded the Military Cross<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35670/supplement/3601/ ''London Gazette'' Tuesday 18 August 1942] Supplement:
35670 Page: 3601</ref> for his escape in 1942 from a Japanese P.O.W. camp, following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 His story is told in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20190830130619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt].<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20190830130619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html Obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt] www.telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 2004, archived page.</ref>
*Shortt- Henry Edward. Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008523 1985 interview with Henry Edward Shortt] Imperial War Museums. British officer who enlisted at the onset of war and served as Medical Officer with the Indian Medical Service attached to [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|33rd Cavalry Regt]] in India and Mesopotamia, 1914-1918.
*Spackman - W.C. Imperial War Museums [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published: ''Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks: The Great War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman'', edited by Colonel R.A. Spackman. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01014822005 . [https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Captured_at_Kut_Prisoner_of_the_Turks/jAbMDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Sample pages, Google Books].
===Royal Army Medical Corps and the earlier British Army Medical Services===
:[https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012884603 ''Our trip to Burmah. With notes on that country''] by Surgeon-General Charles Alexander Gordon, Army Medical Department, Principal Medical Officer, British Forces, Madras Presidency. 1877 Archive.org
*Gosse - [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523918 ''Memoirs Of A Camp Follower'' (1934)] by Philip Gosse. Archive.org, mirror edition from the Digital Library of India. Full title/some editions: ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War''. At least one later edition published under the title ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. The author was a doctor RAMC, in France and Belgium 1915-1917, in the 69th Field Ambulance, 23rd Division, then appointed Rat Officer to the 2nd Army, who subsequently served in India, based at Poona, 1917-1918. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/3/210.full.pdf+html Review of the book]. JRAMC. Scroll to the end.
*Howlett - [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MPA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Many Camps : Sketches of Indian Life''] by Arthur Waltham Howlett 1912, (articles republished from the ''Manchester Guardian'') Google Books, [https://archive.org/details/many-camps-sketches-of-indian-life Archive.org version], which describes "travel all over the Raj, from Robat on the Persian Border, the Baluchistan desert, to hill stations and jungle rivers, from desert winters to monsoon rains". He also wrote
:[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi34londuoft/page/328/mode/2up "Lost in the Desert. A Frontier Incident"] by Arthur Waltham Howlett (Major, RAMC), page 328 '' The Empire Review'' catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'' Volume 34, 1920 Archive.org. This incident occurred in the extreme west of Baluchistan, near the border with Persia and Afghanistan.
:Possibly the 1920 article covers a time period covered in the 1912 book. He also wrote ''The Gunrunners and other Ballads'' 1912, available at the BL UIN: BLL01011837010 . Howlett, born 1880, joined the Indian Medical Service 1907 and exchanged into RAMC 1913 and was appointed Major 1919.
*Laing - [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44225104 "The Journal of Patrick Sinclair Laing Assistant Surgeon, 86th Regiment, 1842-1848"] by H B Eaton. ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Vol. 62, No. 250 (Summer 1984), pp. 74-89. Register and read online for free. jstor.org. The diary extracts commence October 1844.
:[https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18395429 Online draft of this article] Wellcome Library RAMC/1582, catalogued as "Draft of "The journal of Patrick Sinclair Laing, assistant surgeon, 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot, 1842 to 1847, in India"". Note, the draft is longer, and has information from 1842.
*Preston - Alexander Francis Preston [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095088/The-REAL-Dr-Watson-The-Victorian-army-medic-inspiration-Sherlocks-trusty-sidekick.html Surgeon-Major Alexander Francis Preston: The REAL Dr Watson: The Victorian army medic who was the inspiration for Sherlock's trusty sidekick] by Annabel Venning 2 February 2012 www.dailymail.co.uk. He was medical officer with the [[66th Regiment of Foot]] and was wounded in the [[Battle of Maiwand]], an action in the [[2nd Afghan War]]. [http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/detail/24986 Photograph], with details from The Wardrobe.
*Thomsett - [http://archive.org/stream/kohatkuramandkh00thogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Kohat, Kuram, and Khost; Or, Experiences and Adventures in the Late Afghan War''] by Richard Gillham-Thomsett, Surgeon, Army Medical Department 1884 Archive.org. He was initially appointed to the 20A Battery of Artillery.
===Royal Air Force===
*[https://archive.org/details/fringeofclouds0036livi/page/n5 ''Fringe of the Clouds''] by Air Marshal Sir Philip Livingston 1962 Archive.org Lending Library. Includes [https://archive.org/details/fringeofclouds0036livi/page/96 "Chapter 5 India with the Royal Air Force 1920-1922"] page 97. The author was a medical officer with the RAF, based at [[Ambala]].
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