Wednesday, September 26, 2018

78th F&I Chelsea Hospital Admissions.

Here is the first follow up, 78th Chelsea Hospital Admissions.  This list is both longer, and a bit disjointed.  Perhaps some subsequent  78th Regiment listings are mixed in with the 78th Fraser's entries.  Did the clerk record the year wrong, or is this a later 18th Century copy?  Also unlike the 77th where there are a fury of entries after the regiment was  disbanded, with the 78th there are entries thruout the war.  Is this a case of Fraser being proactive at sending his wounded home, or the result of the 78th being involved in more conventional campaigns, better medical care and close to ships that could send the men home, while the 77th was deep in the interior?  Like most research, it often causes more questions than it answers.

Once again, look at some of these ages, a 50 year old drummer with 24 years of service, a 46 year old Sergeant Major with 36 years of service!  Ample documentation for a wide range of ages, not just 18 year olds led by late 20  year old Officers and NCO's that some would like reenacting to be.


Sgt Ja Willamson
39
19
Ulcered Breast
20 July 175?
Ian McAlhum
34
2 ½
Wounded Head
Ditto
Don Cattanach
46
7
Lost his Left Eye
18 Dec 1759
Don Livingstone
22
2 ½
Wounded
18 Mar 1760
CPL Ian Cameron
20
2 10 Months
Wounded

Alex McColl
34
2 10/12
Wounded

CPL Ian MacDougle
22
2 10/12
Shot thru right arm

CPL Don Ross
31
3
Wound Fingers
4 Dec 1759
Duncan Duff
28
3
Lost his Rt hand
Ditto
CPL Don MacDonald
22
3
Lost his rt thumb
Ditto
CPL Ian Cameron
31
2 10/12
Wounded
18 Mar 1760
CPL Donald MacDonald
36
4
Wounded Breast
23 Dec 1760
Arch Stuart
23
2 10/12
Lost a leg
18 Mar 1760
Robt Thompson
36
2 ½
Wounded Head
20 Jul 1759
CPL Tho Fraser
50
26
Lost his Sight
20 Oct 1759
CPL Ian McLaren
26
4
Lost use of his left arm
Ditto
Dun Cameron
36
20
Wounded
23 Dec 1760
Alex Monroe
63
30
Infirm
Ditto
Simon Munro
24
4
Lost the Use of his legs
Ditto
Rob Carr
41
24
Lost his arm

CPL Alex Fraser
48
20
Wounded Thighs
4 Dec ????
Murl McEnzie
63
16
Old & infirm
23 Dec ????
Dun Kenedy
52
8
Wounded
Page Loss
Donald Grant
24
4
Wounded
Page Loss
Chas McLachland
30
4
Lost his right leg
Page Loss
CPL Don McDonald
24
4
Wounded Head
23 Dec 1760
David Morris
28
4
Consumption
27 Feb 1761
CPL Angus McDonald
40
4
Lost use of Left Arm
28 Oct 1760
CPL Alex Fraser
50
22
Worn Out
11 Jan 1764
CPL Don Campbell
57
25
Bruised
8 Sept 1761
Allen McKay
50
20
Wounded in the hand
Ditto
Will Lawson
27
4
Wounded in the Arm
Ditto
Ja Jamieson
23
4
Wounded in the Leg
Ditto
CPL Evan Cameron
30
4
Wounded in Arm & Leg
Ditto
Don McLeod
20
2
Lost a Leg
5 Dec 1780*****
CPL In Fraser
44
4 ¾
Wounded in left Leg
28 Oct 1760
Duncn Ross
35
4
Wounded Head
8 Sept 1761
SGT Ian Campbell
48
28
Worn Out
6 Jan 1764
Drummer Dan Gunn
50
24
Ditto
Ditto
Dond Stuart
30
8
Very Severly Wounded
Ditto
CPL Malcom McNaut
37
15
Wounded Shoulder
Ditto
Ja Hunter
30
7
Consumptive&Wounded
Ditto
Will McLeod
54
26
Worn Out
Ditto
Ian McNabb
31
7
Wounded both thighs
Ditto
Ian Campbell
47
7
Wounded Head&Thigh
Ditto
Page Loss
30
7
Epilictick Fitts
Ditto
Dougle Campbell
60
11
Consumptive
Page Loss
Don Fraser
34
7
Wound Shoulder
6 Ditto (Page Loss)
Walt McNicholl
54
13
Ruptured
11 Ditto
Ja Campbell
45
7
Wound ?????
29 May 1760
Dan McMaster
30
12
Scurvey
28 Oct 1760
Tho Fraser
24
4

Ditto
CPL Alex McKenzie
26
4
Lost use of his Lt Arm
Ditto
CPL Arch McDonald
31
4 ¾
Wounded RT Arm
8 Sept 1761
Wm McPherson
27
7
Wounded
Ditto
Hugh Fraser
35
3
Lame in Left Leg
4 Dec 1759
Dan McFarlane
38
4
Wounded Groin
8 Sept 1761
SGT Angus McDonald
47
13
Gravel
Ditto
SGM? Prosperus Stevenson
65
33
Lost his speech
30 Nov 1779
CPL Ian MacDonald
36
2 10/12ths
Lost the use of his limbs
18 Mar 1760
Angus Steward
50
17
Bruised in Drawing
11 Jan 1764
CPL Alex McKenzie
24
7
Disabled by Wounds
11 Jan 1764
Ian Furguson
30
7
Shot in the hand
1 May 1764
Cpl Don McDonald
28
2 ½
Fitts & Wounded Head
4 Dec 175 (Page Loss)
Cpl Ian Campbell
27
7 ¾
Wounded thighs
Page Loss
SGM Tho Laing
46
36!
Worn Out
Page Loss
Peter Graham
54
3
Disabled ankle lost the use of his limbs
Page Loss

1 comment:

  1. Given that the 77th and 78th were raised in 1757, the long serving soldiers listed here clearly spent time in other regiments. We know that when the 77th and 78th were raised, the 42nd filled out and a second battalion added, bilingual (Gaelic - English) men were drafted into these Highland regiments from other non Highland regiments. I think we are looking at some of those men here.

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