Charles Blake (13 August 1746 – 22 April 1810) was a

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surgeon with the 34th Foot Regiment as part of the force sent to fight the Americans. Blake arrived in the province of

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in the spring of 1776 and was involved in a number of professional roles until after the end of the

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. He remained in Canada when the

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returned home.

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* 1746 births 1810 deaths British surgeons Canadian surgeons British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War 18th-century English medical doctors People from Somerset British Army regimental surgeons {{Canada-med-bio-stub