LT COL GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL MARKS, RAMC

[A Sanyal]

He was at Bradford as Surgeon, Medical Staff in 1887,

in the Bombay Presidency from 1888-1891

Surgeon Captain (Medical Staff) in 1892 (1st tenure in India)

Surgeon Captain (Army Medical Staff) in Bombay (1893), Dover (1895), Shorncliffe (1896),

Madras Presidency (1897-98), Major (RAMC) 1899-1903 there (2nd tenure in India)

in Dover (1904), 

Officer in charge Military Hospital and Cantonment Hospital Sitapur (1905) (3rd tenure in India),

Surgeon Major, Officer in charge Military Hospital and Cantonment Hospital Darjeeling (1906), 

Officer in charge Military Hospital Darjeeling (1907-08).

Became Lieut Colonel in 1909 (Officer in charge Military Hospital Newcastle-on-Tyne),

proceeded to India again in 1910, Officer in charge Military Hospital Ferozepore (1911-1912) (4th tenure in India), 

Officer in charge Military Hospital Dalhousie wef Jun 1913.

He died in Dalhousie on 03 May 1915, and is buried in the Dalhousie Civil Cemetery.  

 

The above information has been collated from Army Lists, in Jan 2021. The vicinity of the grave is being maintained regularly with due respects, by pers of Military Hospital Dalhousie, since then. 

 

Posting this here, hoping to get in touch with descendants of Col Marks and a photograph of the officer.

 

Regards.

[MaureenE]

You may be interested in a couple of records

https://archive.org/details/rollofcommisssio00johnuoft/page/547/mode/1up

Entry 7207, page 547  Roll of commisssioned officers in the Medical service of the British army, who served on full pay within the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Royal army medical corps, 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898, with an introduction showing the historical evolution of the corps

 

Burial record from the India Office records at the British Library N-1-405, page 312 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BL/BIND/D/546073

[A Sanyal]

5 hours ago, Maureene said:

You may be interested in a couple of records

https://archive.org/details/rollofcommisssio00johnuoft/page/547/mode/1up

Entry 7207, page 547  Roll of commisssioned officers in the Medical service of the British army, who served on full pay within the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Royal army medical corps, 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898, with an introduction showing the historical evolution of the corps

 

Burial record from the India Office records at the British Library N-1-405, page 312 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BL/BIND/D/546073

 

Thank you!

I got this from the Church records (pic).

[ The Revd Arthur Persse Gabbet Maunsell, BD, (of the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment) is listed as Junior Chaplain, Dalhousie and Dalhousie Cantt 1912-15, and was later Canon of Lahore Cathedral 1926-27, Vicar in St Dunstan’s Canterbury, Kent,1927. ]

[ddycher]

Sanyal

Small snippet from the Civil & Military Gazette :

• RAMC (1886)
• Major (1898)
• Lt.-Col (1906)

He was originally due to rotate back to the UK in January 1915. He had only returned to Dalhousie from Lahore the month before he died.

Interesting for me was that Rev. Maunsell carried out the funeral service. I previously thought the Rev. Maunsell had left Dalhousie in January to take up the Chaplain role at Lahore.

regards

Dave

[ddycher]

Having followed this thread I see that Rev. Maunsell did not take the appointment at Lahore but remained at Dalhousie until September when he left to become the Chaplain at Karachi. Error in my research corrected. Thank you.

Regards

Dave