Historical records matching Captain Alexander Chancellor
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About Captain Alexander Chancellor
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Alexander Chancellor gained the rank of Captain in the 75th Regiment.
He fought in the Siege of Delhi.
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75th Foot - 1st Gordon Highlanders
Captain Alexander Chancellor - wounded Delhi, 13th September 1857. Died Kasauli - 4th October 1857
Aged 30. Son of Alexander, of Lanark.
Buried at No.4 Cemetery, Kasauli - "Sacred to the memory of Alexander Chancellor Esqr. late Captain in Her Majesty's 75th Regiment, fourth son of the late Alexander Chancellor Esq. of Shieldhill Lanarkshire. This brave and devoted soldier departed this life at Kussowlee on the fourth day of October 1857. He died from wounds received in action before Delhi, against the Mutineers of India on the 13th Sept. 1857, the night previous to the successful assault by the victorious British Forces. His life was exposed to danger and hardship trial and privation cheerfully endured in a good cause from the 8th June 1857 when the memorable battle of Battle of Badli-ki-Serai was fought and won to the day of his death."
Memorialised on his family's gravestone in Quothquan Cemetery, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
see Alexander Chancellor, Snr
Captain Alexander Chancellor's Timeline
1827 |
April 29, 1827
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1857 |
October 4, 1857
Age 30
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Kasauli, Delhi, India
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No.4 Cemetery, Kasauli, India
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