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*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
*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.
*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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200711051145/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1315792/ Seward] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 13 Apr 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020, 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''
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.
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