| Fraser | Alexander David | | Captain | He died of enteric at Kimberley, April 28th, 1901. He was the eldest son of General the Honourable Sir David Fraser KCB of The Grange, Castleconnell, Ireland, and nephew of the seventeenth Lord Saltoun. He was born October 1854, entered the 98th Foot August 1876, being promoted Lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders the following October and Captain December 1886. He afterwards joined the Reserve of Officers. He served with the 92nd Highlanders in the Afghan War, 1879-80, and was present in the engagement at Charasiah, October 6th, 1879, and subsequent pursuit, the final occupation of Kabul, expedition to Maidan, the operations between December 20th and 23rd, 1879, and actions of December 23rd, and of Childukhtean. He accompanied Earl (then Sir Frederick) Roberts in the march from Kabul to Kandahar, and was present at the reconnaissance of August 31st, and at the battle of Kandahar, receiving the medal with three clasps and bronze decoration. He also served in the Boer War, 1881, and with the Nile Expedition 1884-85, receiving for the latter the medal with clasp and Khedive's star. In March 1900, Captain Fraser was gazetted to the 19th Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry, and proceeded to South Africa. After serving with the Imperial Yeomanry he was appointed a Railway Staff Officer in the Kimberley section of the lines of communication, which post he held until his death.
Source: Donner | 19th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry |
