Folios 56-57: case no 30, Richard Joint, aged 32, Seaman; taken ill off Tortosa;...

ADM 101/89/3B/2

1840-1841

Folios 56-57: case no 30, Richard Joint, aged 32, Seaman; taken ill off Tortosa; sick or hurt, gunshot wound, while employed at the attack on Tortosa assisted in bursting open a door when a vault was discovered filled with armed men, he immediately received a bayonet thrust in the left breast, at the same time a musket ball entered the axilla near edge of the latissimus dorsi; put on sick list 25 September 1840, sent 18 January 1841 to the Cyclops for passage to Malta Hospital.

Folios 57-58: case no 31, Thomas Grovenor, aged 29, Seaman; taken ill at Tortosa; sick or hurt, gunshot wound, stricture of urethra; put on sick list 25 September 1840, sent 8 November 1840 to the Castor for passage to Malta Hospital.

Folios 58-59: case no 32, Alexander Stewart, aged 24, Seaman; taken ill at Tortosa; sick or hurt, gunshot wound; put on sick list 25 September 1840, sent 8 November 1840 to the Castor for passage to Malta Hospital.

Folios 59-60: case no 33, Edward Haddoway, aged 29, Seaman; taken ill at Tortosa; sick or hurt, gunshot wound; put on sick list 25 September 1840, sent 8 November 1840 to the Castor for passage to Malta Hospital.

Folios 60-62: case no 34, Edward Goodman, aged 30, Marine; taken ill off Acre; sick or hurt, remittent fever; put on sick list 18 November 1840, discharged 7 December 1840 to duty.

Folio 62: case no 35, William Russell, aged 21, Seaman; taken ill off Tortosa; sick or hurt, gunshot wound, at the attack on Tortosa, a musket ball entered through the upper and outer side of the left thigh; put on sick list 25 September 1840, recovered 4 December 1840.

Folio 63: case no 36, Job Potifer, aged 24, Marine; taken ill on the Coast of Syria; sick or hurt, amaurosis; put on sick list 21 November 1840, sent 18 January 1841 to Malta Hospital.

Folio 64: case no 37, John Dolland, aged 22, Marine; taken ill off Acre; sick or hurt, morbus coxarius; put on sick list 13 November 1840, sent 18 November 1841 to Malta Hospital.

Folio 64: Nosological return of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folio 65: The following is a list of men who received wounds or hurts during the period of this journal.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 229, David Fletcher, aged 23, Ordinary Seaman; pension not granted; nature of hurts, fractured of leg by a fall, on 12 March 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 1M 3C, James Blagrave, aged 30, Sergeant; pension not granted; nature of hurts, fractured of calvicle by a block, on 1 April 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 11 no 3, Mr Alexander West, aged 18, Midshipman; pension not granted; nature of hurts, fractured of left leg by a fall in the cock pit, on 2 April 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 9M 3C, Thomas Evans, aged 25, Private Marine; pension not granted; nature of hurts, fractured of fibula by a fall into a tank, on 16 July 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 2M 1C, John Kelly, aged 34, Sergeant; pension not granted; nature of hurts, wound of finger by hand being caught in a block, on 18 August 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 9M 1C, Owen Dodd, aged 37, Private Marine; pension not granted; nature of hurts, gunshot wound through the thigh, on 12 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 29M 3C, James Brown, aged 32, Private Marine; pension granted on 4 January 1841; nature of hurts, gunshot wound in the groin, on 12 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 94M 3C, William Cox, aged 21, Private Marine; pension granted on 7 November 1840; nature of hurts, amputation of arm for gunshot wound, on 12 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 71M 3C, William McFarlane, aged 21, Private Marine; pension granted on 17 January 1841; nature of hurts, gunshot wound in forearm, on 12 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 420, Joseph Scarnell, aged 26, Able Seaman; pension not granted; nature of hurts, gunshot wound through leg, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 60, Edward Haddoway, aged 29, Able Seaman; pension granted on 14 January 1841; nature of hurts, gunshot wound of leg, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 381, Richard joint, aged 32, Petty Officer 2nd Class; pension granted on 17 January 1841; nature of hurts, gunshot wound in axilla, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 400, Thomas Rolland, aged 24, Able Seaman; pension not granted; nature of hurts, gunshot wound of leg, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 166, Jeffrey Wilson, aged 28, Ordinary Seaman; pension granted on 7 November 1840; nature of hurts, amputation of forearm for gunshot wound, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 101M 3C, Alexander Mockett, aged 21, Private Marine; pension granted on 7 November 1840; nature of hurts, loss of thumb and fore finger by gunshot wound, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 252, Thomas Grovenor, aged 29, Ordinary Seaman; pension granted on 2 March 1841; nature of hurts, loss of little finger and wound in hand by a musket ball, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 339, Alexander Stewart, aged 24, Carpenter’s Crew; pension granted on 29 March 1841; nature of hurts, gunshot wound through back, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 42M 3C, William Minnell, aged 21, Private Marine; pension granted on 17 January 1841; nature of hurts, fracture of lower jaw by gunshot, on 25 September 1840.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 19, Thomas Dawson, aged 71, Ship’s Cook; pension not granted; nature of hurts, inguinal hernia produced by exertion while splitting wood, on 13 February 1841.

Folio 65: no on the ship’s book 61M 3C, Samuel Webb, aged 32, Private Marine; pension not granted; nature of hurts, inguinal hernia of left side produced by a fall dawn the ladder, on 27 February 1841.

Folios 65-69: Surgeon’s general remarks. The Benbow was employed during the year in different parts of the Mediterranean, three months in the Bay of Naples, but the Greater portion of time was occupied in active operations against the troops of Mehemet Ali [Mohammed Ali Pasha] on the Coast of Syria. The Surgeon stated that the ship’s company suffered severely from the casualties of war, in which eight men were killed in the action and one marine lost his life by the explosion of a magazine of gunpowder at St Jean de Acre, but however no death from disease had taken place on board. He describes the temperature and geographical nature of the Coast of Syria and the Lebanon range, he also makes remarks on diseases of those regions namely remittent fever, catarrhs and diarrhoea. The Surgeon described the nature of the gunshot wound case no 35 [William Russell], case no 32 [Alexander Stewart], case no 24 [James Broom], case no 29 [William Minnell] and case no 30 [Richard Joint]. He also remarks on three amputation patients – case no 26 [William Cox], case no 27 [Jeffrey Wilson] and case no 28 [Alexander Mockett].

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