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Assistant Surgeon James Thomson Memorial - Taken by Lesley Balfour 13 Aug 2024
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Assistant Surgeon James Thomson Memorial - Detail - Taken by Lesley Balfour 13 Aug 2024
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Assistant Surgeon James Thomson Memorial - Taken by Lesley Balfour 13 Aug 2024
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Assistant Surgeon James Thomson Memorial - Entrance to Park - Taken by Lesley Balfour 13 Aug 2024
Reference WMO/292829
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Stone (any)
- Stone Granite
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
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TO THE MEMORY OF/ ASSISTANT-SURGEON JAMES THOMSON,/ BORN AT CROMARTY ON THE 8TH MARCH 1823/ AND DECEASED IN THE CRIMEA ON THE 5TH OCTOBER 1854./ HE SERVED WITH THE 44TH REGIMENT AT MALTA IN 1850 WHEN THE CHOLERA BROKE OUT AND SHORTLY/ PROVED FATAL TO ALL THE SURGEONS OF THE CORPS, HIMSELF ALONE EXCEPTED./ THE SKILL, FORTITUDE AND HUMANITY, DISPLAYED BY HIM IN ARRESTING THE PROGRESS/ OF THAT DISEASE, GAINED FOR HIM THE PRAISES OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF./ HE WAS PRESENT WITH THE SAME REGIMENT AT THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA IN 1854, AND/ A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS, WHEN THE BRITISH WERE LEAVING THE FIELD, HE VOLUNTEERED/ TO REMAIN BEHIND WITH SEVEN HUNDRED DESPERATELY-WOUNDED RUSSIANS. ISOLATED/ FROM HIS COUNTRYMEN AND ENDANGERED BY THE VICINITY OF LARGE BODIES OF COSSACKS, ILL SUPPLIED WITH FOOD, AND EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF PESTILENCE, HE SUCCEEDED IN/ RESTORING TO HEALTH ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED OF THE ENEMY, AND EMBARKING THEM FOR/ ODESSA. HE THEN DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP AND PRIVATION. / THIS PUBLIC MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR THE VIRTUES OF AN OFFICER WHOSE LIFE WAS USEFUL/ AND WHOSE DEATH WAS GLORIOUS.
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