General Sir Alexander WALLACE and family in India pre 1903

[liverpool annie]

The only thing I know about Madras is .... the curry is terrific !! 

Here's the Who's Who ....... if I can get it on here .... fingers crossed !! 

[liverpool annie]

Woohoo !! 

I meant the FATHER Alexander though and maybe another Alexander before this one !! ( did you understand that Scouse ??!!  )

Annie 

Edit .... oh ! that's what you said isn't it ??

[ShaunJ]

Found the marriage on FIBIS:

Presidency of Marriage   BENGAL     
Marriage Year   1889     
Husband First Names   Alexr.     
Husband Surname   Wallace     
Wife First Names   Ethel C.     
Wife Surname   Ross     
Prefix   N1     
Source Year   1889     
Volume Number   210     
Folio   180     
LDS Film Reference   510890   

[ShaunJ]

From their engagement announcements in The Times, here are the names of the three sons:

Alexander Ross Wallace (engaged to Winifred Anna Mansfield) (17/10/1914)
Peter Keith Wallace (to Christian Edmonds) (31/12/1921)
John Alan Fraser Wallace (to Marian Hunter) (26/7/1930)

[ShaunJ]

John Alan Fraser Wallace's birth details from the British Library:


John Alan Fraser WALLACE

born 21 Dec 1900 at Bareilly
Parents: Alexander, Lt-Col., 27th Punjab Inf.; Ethel Campbell
Baptised 7 Feb  1901 at Bareilly

 

[liverpool annie]

You're so smart Shaun J !!

 

[Hello There]

Keith will be made up with all this info 

I have really enjoyed watching it all unfold - you clever people 

Jacky x 

[liverpool annie]

Hi Jacky ! He'll say ... "If only it was his ...... " 

The Imperial Service Troops scheme was created in 1888 from amongst the armies of the
Independent Indian States in British India. Under the scheme troops from the participating
States were trained under British supervision and were then used both on the North West
Frontier of India and in places as far apart as China, during the Boxer Rebellion, and
Somaliland. By the turn of the Twentieth Century the force numbered about 19,000 men

Kashmir Imperial Service Lancers
joined the Imperial Service troops scheme in 1890
(two squadrons)
Kashmir Bodyguard Cavalry
joined the Imperial Service Troops scheme in 1890

Edit .... Here's another snippet concerning  Imperial Service Troops

1889 ..... From scatter military units maintained by the Indian Princes - a force known as the Imperial Service Troops was established ........ their essential purpose was for imperial use by either the Government of India or the Home Government in overseas assignments

Scroll down and you'll see Wellington College Station !! 

http://www.crowthorneheritage.co.uk/

[ShaunJ]

Keith,

I hope that's enough for now! There's still plenty more to discover. I'll send you the obit of Alexander Ross Wallace (1892-1982) who was headmaster of Sherborne and Dean of Exeter.