James Thomson (8 March 1823-5 October 1854) was a surgeon with the 44th (East Essex) Regiment Of Foot.
[1] In 1848 Thomson joined the 7th Dragoon Guards before being transferred to the reserve battalion of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment Of Foot.
Thomson's action in preventing the spread of the disease gained him the praise of his commander in chief.
As British forces left the site of the Battle, James and his batman stayed behind for several days tending to the roughly 700 wounded Russians;[3] He would nurse 340 of them back to health.
A memorial to James Thomson can be found at Castlehill Gardens in Forres, Moray.