He saw active service during the Third Maratha War 1817/18 and was mentioned in dispatches for his actions at the Battle of Corygaum (January 1818).
In 1844 he was one of 29 officers in the Indian Medical Service who was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
[2] In 1850 he was created a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) by Queen Victoria, and was the first medical officer to receive this honour.
[3] He died suddenly at his home, Arndean, south of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, on 16 June 1852.
[citation needed] Arndean passed to George Wylie, who was either a son or a nephew.