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Aubrey De Vere Alexander

Regiment: 4th Bengal Cavalry

Birth: 28 May 1849 Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Rank: Lieutenant

Death: 11 Sep 1923 Richmond, Surrey

Medal roll: -

Notes:

Ensign 38th Foot Dec 1869. 3rd Foot Sep 1871. Lieutenant Oct 1871. Indian Staff Corps probationer Jun 1874, Lieutenant May 1875. 16th Bengal Cavalry. Squadron officer 4th Bengal Cavalry Jan 1879. Afghan war. Captain Feb 1882. Major Feb 1890. Temporary Lt.-Colonel Nov 1895, Lt.-Col Feb 1896. Brevet Colonel Jan 1900. China 1900 with 16th Bengal Lancers (DSO). To Unemployed Supernumerary List Jun 1906. Commandant on the Line of Communication 1914.

Family:

Parents: George Henry Minto Alexander (1811-1854, HEICS and Bengal Civil Service) and Henrietta Ruth Maria Read (1818-1895). Married (1875, Bengal) Mary Georgina Carter Brind (1853-1930).

Ref:

1861 census: 10 Upper Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London (RG9/6/19/41). 1881 census: 18 Upper Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London (RG11/156/112/13). 1911 census: Southfield Lodge, 48 Christchurch Road, Winchester.