Folio 11: George Pyne, aged 18, boy 1st Class, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, gunshot...

Folio 11: George Pyne, aged 18, boy 1st Class, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, gunshot wound of shoulder. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Invalided, 27 July 1859, on board the HMS Assistance. Wounded on the right shoulder by a round shot when on board the Plover gun boat during the bombardment of the forts.

Folio 11: George Bevan, aged 24, Marine, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of knee by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Invalided, 24 October 1859, and on the 30 October 1859 left for England in the [Canaan].

Folios 11 – 12: James James, aged 30, Able Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of thigh by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 4 September 1859, but subsequently attacked with dysentery, 14 November 1859, and invalided. The musket ball was believed to remain lodged in his thigh and he was given a pension certificate since it might ‘at some future time give inconvenience’.

Folio 12: Captain William J R Masters, aged 37, Royal Marines, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wounds of arm and chest by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 23 August 1859. Wounded while on shore in the attack on the forts on the night of 25 June. He had two small wounds on his arm and one on the corresponding part of his chest, possibly all caused by the same bullet.

Folio 13: William Collett, aged 25, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of shoulder by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, [no date recorded]. After recovering from his wound and returning from HMS Assistance on 23 July, he was attacked with small pox on 27 August 1859.

Folio 13: William Dudley, aged 23, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of thigh by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 11 September 1859. The musket ball was presumed to be still in his thigh although it could not be detected with a probe.

Folio 13: John Fraser, aged 19, Able Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of leg by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 31 July 1859.

Folios 14 – 16, and 29 – 31: Rear Admiral James Hope CB Commander in Chief; disease or hurt, wound of thigh by splinter, wound of leg by small splinter and fracture of rib. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 3 October 1859. Early in the action, while leading the squadron on the gun boat Plover, he received a severe wound of the thigh which he ignored. He transferred his command to the Opossum when the Plover was disabled and was again wounded when part of the caboose he was standing on was shot away. The surgeon was sent for to attend him on the Opossum, as he was reluctant to leave the action, and accompanied him back to the Cormorant where a couch was laid on the deck so that he could continue to command. The splinter which had entered his thigh could not be detected or extracted until 23 July 1859, when it could be felt beneath the skin and was extracted through incisions. It was found to be two links of the iron funnel stay of a gun boat, about 3 ½ inches long. There is an illustration in the margin of folio 16 which appears to be the of actual size. A ‘gum elastic catheter’ was inserted 6 ½ inches into the wound to find if there were any further fragments but none were found. On 11 August, at Woosung, two very small wounds, which may have been mosquito bites or wounds caused by very small splinters, as was found in some other cases, were found to be erythematous. On 15 August there were premonitory signs of opthalmia.

Folio 16: John Wells, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of hand by musket ball, partial amputation. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 4 September 1859. Wounded on shore in the evening of 25 June, the middle finger of the left hand being shattered by a musket ball with extensive laceration of the palm. Part of the protruding bone was removed with pliers.

Folios 16 – 17: Michael Shea, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of hip by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 7 August 1859. The musket ball passed superficially under the integument, backward and inwards, and was extracted by cutting down on it near the coccyx.

Folio 17: George Copus, aged 24, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of ear by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 17 July 1859.

Folio 17: John Davis, aged 26, Able Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, fracture of radius by round shot. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 7 August 1859. Struck on the left fore arm by a round shot, causing a fracture and bruising.

Folio 17: George Bennett (1st), aged 26, Captain of the Main Top, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, contusion of ham by shot or splinter. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty at his own request, 29 June 1859, although still lame.

Folio 17: George Symonds, aged 31, Seaman Gunner, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of scalp by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 17 July 1859.

Folio 18: George Avery, aged 22, Marine, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of neck by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 31 July 1859. The ball entered his neck on the left side, passed in front of the trachea and was found projecting on the right side. It was extracted easily with a small incision.

Folio 18: James McDonald, aged 39, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of thigh and fracture of ribs by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 31 July 1859. A very small wound in his right thigh, about 2 ½ inches above the knee, the musket ball could not be found.

Folio 18: Bernard Killarney, aged 28, Able Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wounds of leg by splinters. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 18 September 1859. Wounded in the leg apparently by splinters of very small size. There were three small longitudinal wounds from which small shreds of serge cloth were extracted but nothing else could be detected. The sores were very slow to heal and in August symptoms of gangrene began to appear.

Folios 18 – 19: Joseph Smart, aged 25, Able Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of leg by trouser button. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 16 August 1859. Received a wound in the calf of his right leg in the land attack on the evening of 25 June. On 27 June the wound was dilated and a metal trousers button was extracted.

Folio 19: Edward Howes, aged 30, Leading Seaman, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, wound of hand by musket ball. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Discharged to duty, 9 July 1859.

Folio 19: Peter Ferris, aged 30, Blacksmith, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, contusion of elbow by splinter. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty, 18 September 1859, but remained weak. Was on board one of the gunboats during the bombardment but remained to superintend work after being wounded.

Folio 19: Thomas Callaghan, aged 28, Marine Artillery, HMS Chesapeake; disease or hurt, burn of heel. Put on sick list, 25 June 1859, the River Pei-ho. Returned to duty in a few days. Severely burned on the heel by a fireball on the night of 25 June 1859.