West, Augustus

Education

M.D. 5.12.1818 on testimonials signed by William Ferguson M.D., Inspector of hospitals and David Maclagan M.D., Physician to the Forces, Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Born 1788.

Career

M.R.C.S.Eng. 1804. F.R.C.S.Eng. 1843. L.R.C.P.E. 3.8.1819. F.R.C.P.E. 2.11.1819.

Assistant surgeon 4th Foot Regiment 1805. Deputy Inspector General 1824. Retired on half pay 1824. [Doctor]

K.B. [Knight of the Bath] 1824. Physician in Ordinary to the King of Portugal.

Death

Died at Montfermeil [France] 16.8.1868.

Sources

  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 2547
  • Plarr's Lives of the Fellows ii 507