Inniskilling Dragoons

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JAMES MOUAT  (Surgeon, afterwards Surgeon-General, K.C.B.)  6^th (The Inniskilling) Dragoons            After the retreat of the Light Cavalry at the battle of Balaklava, on October 26^th 1854, Lieut. -Colonel Morris C.B., 17^th Lancers, was dangerously wounded and lying in a very exposed place.  Surgeon Mouat went to his assistance and, in full view of the enemy, under a most severe fire, dressed his injuries, and by stopping a serious haemorrhage was able to save his life.  Surgeon-General Sir James Mouat, son of the late J. Mouat, M.D., was born in 1815, and died in London on January 4^th 1899.  Educated at University College and hospital, London in 1837 admitted a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, being elected to the Fellowship in 1852.  Entered the Army in 1838, serving during the Crimean War, at Balaklava, Inkerman and Tchermaya.  Afterwards was principal Medial Officer in New Zealand 1863-5, receiving the thanks of that Government for his special and valuable services during the war.  Appointed Honorary Surgeon to Queen Victoria 1888, and created a Military K.C.B. in 1894.  Knight of the Legion of Honour.