Folios 4 - 5: George Meeking, aged 23, Private Royal Marines, HMS Sybille; disease...

ADM 101/100/1/5

1829-1830

Folios 4 - 5: George Meeking, aged 23, Private Royal Marines, HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 22 June. Died 27 June.

Folio 5: John Paling, aged 26, Private Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fractured skull, from an accident in the saw pit when the men raising a log let go of the windlass, which struck him on the head. Put on sick list, 23 June. Died 23 June.

Folios 5 - 6: Mr Richard Nicolls, aged 24, Mate of the Paul Pry tender to HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, gunshot wound, subsequently dysentery and intermittent fever. Put on sick list, 26 June 1829. Discharged, 30 July, into the [HMB] Plumper to rejoin his own ship. The gunshot wound was received in an accident after boarding a vessel. The men put down their muskets on the hatchway while trimming sails and afterwards one of the men picked his up by the trigger causing it to go off. The flash communicated with a cartridge box and thence to eight of the muskets which all went off. The daily sick list records five men wounded in this accident, three of whom subsequently died (of fever, tetanus and dysentery).

Folios 6 - 7: Mr Joseph Allen, aged 20, [2nd] Master of the Paul Pry, tender to HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, gunshot wound to both legs. Put on sick list, 26 June. Discharged, 30 July, into the [HMB] Plumper to rejoin the Sybille. Both legs were removed 'but nearly half an hour elapsed after removing the left leg before he could make up his mind to part with both'.

Folio 7: John Rook, aged 22, Able Seaman of the Paul Pry, tender to HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, gunshot wound to both legs, subsequently fever. Put on sick list, 26 June. Died, 1 August. The ball entered the right leg about six inches below the knee and apparently passed between the fibula and tibia without damaging any major vessels. The wound to the left thigh was about two inches above the patella.

Folios 7 - 8: W Harrington, aged 27, Able Seaman of the Paul Pry, tender to HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, gunshot wound to the right thigh and subsequently tetanus. Put on sick list, 26 June. Died, 2 July.

Folios 8 - 9: Job Lewsy, aged 29, Able Seaman of the Paul Pry, tender to HMS Sybille; disease or hurt, gunshot wound and subsequently dysentery. Put on sick list, 26 June. Died, 24 August. The ball entered the right thigh over the outer hamstring, fractured the thigh bone and exited over the [rastus internus] muscle about six inches from the joint. It was decided not to amputate. With a description of his body examined after death.

Folio 10: W Allen, aged 27, Serjeant Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 29 June. Died, 12 July.

Folios 10 - 11: Henry Savage, aged 25, Private Royal Marines, Carpenter; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 29 June. Died, 1 August.

Folios 11 - 12: John Cook, aged 22, Private Royal Marines, Blacksmith; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 2 July. Died, 7 July.

Folios 12 - 13: Henry Deans, aged 20, Private Royal Marines, Servant; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 8 July. Died, 4 August. Folio 13: Mr Rt M Wilson, aged 24, Acting Assistant Surgeon; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 9 July. Died, 13 July.

Folio 14: John Jones, aged 22, Private Royal Marines, Shoemaker; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 10 July. Died, 14 July.

Folios 14 - 15: Thomas Dusantay, aged 22, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 17 July. Died, 23 July. After death the body became yellow but the surgeon was unable to obtain permission to examine the body.

Folio 15: Henry Clough, aged 35, Serjeant Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 18 July. Died, 29 July. Taken ill on HMB Plumper at sea on the way from England. Folio 15: W Clerk, aged 21, Private Royal Marines, Blacksmith; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 26 July. Died, 8 August.

Folios 15 - 16: W Marsden, aged 23, Private Royal Marines, Cooper; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 26 July. Died, 8 August.

Folios 16 - 17: James Bainbridge, aged 20, Private Royal Marines, Stonemason; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 26 July. Died, 7 August. Folio 17: Benjamin Webb, aged 20, Private Royal Marines, Mess Servant; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 26 July. Died, 7 August. Folio 17: Thomas Wiltshire, [aged 28], Private Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, [23 August]. Died, 8 August.

Folios 17 - 18: John Vicars, aged 21, Private Royal Marines, Tailor; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 26 July. Died, 8 August.

Folio 18: John Bromly, aged 28, Gunner [Royal] Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 28 July. Died, 4 August.

Folio 19: Thomas Cole, aged 24, Private Royal Marines, Patia Schooner; disease or hurt, intermittent fever and relapse. Put on sick list, 29 July. Died, 21 August.

Folio 20: Farrel Brookes, aged 25, Corporal Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 31 July. Died, 4 August. Folio 20: Alexander Munro, aged 25, Corporal Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 31 July. Died, 8 August. Folio 20: W Howarth, aged 18, Private Royal Marines, Servant; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 2 August. Discharged, 7 August.

Folio 21: Thomas Burk, aged 12, Boy, Patia Schooner; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 3 August. Died, 6 August. Had been discharged from Hospital on 29th July cured of an attack of fever. Folio 21: W Pace, aged 32, Serjeant Royal Marines; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 9 August. Died, 14 August. Folio 21: Mrs Harrison, aged 22, [Private's wife]; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 6 August. Died, 15 August.

Folios 21 - 22: W Hilburn, aged 27, Carpenter; disease or hurt, fever [5th attack]. Put on sick list, 6 August. Died, 16 August. Folio 22: Mr Ed White, aged 23, Carpenter; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 12 August. Died, 16 August.

Folios 22 - 23: James Pointing, aged 24, Seaman, Patia Schooner; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 12 August. Died, 18 August. With a description of the body examined after death.

Folios 23 - 24: John Boswell, aged 20, Private Royal Marines, Servant; disease or hurt, intermittent fever. Put on sick list, 13 August. Died, 20 August. With a description of the body examined after death.

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