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'''Alfred Eteson''' [[Companions of the Bath|CB]] (29 April 1832 – 15 February 1910) was deputy surgeon general with the [[Bengal Medical Service]]. He served during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was [[mentioned in dispatches]] three times.

==Early life and education==
Alfred Eteson was born on 29 April 1832. He became a member of the [[Royal College of Surgeons]] in 1854, and obtained his degree in medicine at the [[University of St. Andrews]] in 1878.<ref name="Crawford">{{cite book|author=Crawford, D.G.|title=Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615–1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145|year=1930|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co.|location=Calcutta|isbn=978-1-78150-229-7|page=145|author-link=Dirom Grey Crawford}}</ref><ref name=serv/>

He married Evelyn Margaret Fenton, daughter of John Fenton of [[Ealing]], Middlesex. She died at [[Roorkee]], in the [[North-Western Provinces]] of India, on 31 August 1868 at the age of 22.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OrNXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA433 "Medical News"], ''[[The Medical Times and Gazette]]'', 10 October 1868. p. 433.</ref>

==Career==
Eteson joined the Bengal Medical Service as an assistant surgeon in May 1854. He rose to become deputy
surgeon general in December 1883 after which he served as medical officer in Assam before retiring in 1889.<ref name=serv/><ref name=bmj/> In 1869 he treated an epidemic of [[Relapsing fever|ague]] among sappers and miners at Roorkee with [[quinine]], [[arsenic]], and [[sulphate of zinc]]. He attributed the disease to "the reflux tide of easterly winds laden with the pestiferous miasma of the Oudh and Rohilkund Terai".<ref>Lyons, R.T. (1872) [https://archive.org/stream/b2039181x#page/88/mode/2up/ ''A Treatise on Relapsing or Famine Fever.''] London: Henry S. King. pp. 89–90.</ref>

He served in two major conflicts during his career. Firstly, the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] (Indian Mutiny) of 1857–58, during which he was present at the [[relief of Arrah]] (1857), the capture of Juddespore, and the actions at [[Amorha]] and [[Khiree]] in modern Uttar Pradesh. He was mentioned in dispatches three times, and was awarded the [[Indian Mutiny Medal]].<ref name=serv/><ref name=bmj/> Secondly, he served during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1879, and received the [[Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom)|Afghanistan Medal]]. He also took part in the [[Akha Expedition]] in 1883–84.<ref name=bmj/>

In 1907, he was made a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Bath]] in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the mutiny.<ref name=serv>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140317/pdf/indmedgaz71610-0037d.pdf "Service Notes"], ''[[The Indian Medical Gazette]]'', May 1910, p. 197.</ref><ref name=bmj>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2330607/pdf/brmedj07767-0066d.pdf "Deputy Surgeon-General Alfred Eteson, C.B, M.D"], ''[[British Medical Journal]]'', 26 February 1910, pp. 550–551.</ref>

In 1892 he was a member of the [[Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/transactions07hert#page/n19/mode/2up/ ''Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club''] Vol. VII, p. xii.</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Eteson died after a short illness on 15 February 1910. His residence at the time of his death was Longridge Road, [[Kensington]], Middlesex. He left an estate of £2,024. Probate was granted to Beatrice Lilian Whelpdale, wife of Arthur William Whelpdale, Harold Anthony Beeching, bank manager, and [[Gerald Arthur Eteson]], brewer.<ref>[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1910%2FE%2F000604_esdaile_1910.Png 1910 Probate Calendar, p. 141.]</ref>

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[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]

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