LAMB, Roger, British soldier, born in Dublin, Ireland, 17 January, 1756; died in May, 1830. He served as a sergeant in the Royal Welsh fusiliers throughout the Burgoyne campaign, and afterward in the Southern department under Sir Henry Clinton and Cornwallis, carried the regimental colors at the battle of Camden, and after that action, having a little medical knowledge, was appointed temporary surgeon to his regiment. At the battle of Guilford Court-House he saved Lord Cornwallis from capture. During the war he was in six battles, four sieges, and several important expeditions. In 1778, when he was prisoner with Burgoyne's army, he escaped with two men whom he brought with him to Sir Henry Clinton at New York, and again in 1782, . when he was taken with Cornwallis's army, he eluded the vigilance of the American guards, and conducted under his command seven men to Sir Guy Carleton, then commander-in-chief in New York, each time giving important intelligence respecting the American army. For these services he was appointed by General Birch, then commandant of the city, his chic{ clerk, and adjutant to the Merchants' corps of volunteers. After the war he returned to Dublin, and for many years taught the free school in that city, employing his leisure in writing two works, entitled "A Journal of Occurrences during the Late American War" (Dublin, 1809); and " Memoir of My Own Life" (1811) The "Journal of Occurrences" is one of the most valuable of the original sources from which the history of the Revolutionary war has been derived, and the " Memoir" gives a correct general idea of North American scenes, and interesting anecdotes of the prominent actors and officers that were employed on both sides during the war. It also contains a description of the fauna and flora of Canada and the northern states, founded on much keen observation. In recognition of his military and literary services he was, 28 January, 1809, placed upon the " out-pension" of Chelsea hospital.