Lt Col. Alexander Stewart
Royal Artillery
Lt. Col. Stewart served in the
Madras Artillery and transferred
to the Royal Artillery following the
Indian Mutiny upon the Crown's
assumption of the HEIC's forces.
2nd Lieutenant 12/11/40
Lieutenant 7/03/45
Brevet Captain 12/11/55
Captain 12/31/57
Brevet Major 10/21/64
Lt. Col. 3/24/65
Brevet Col. 3/24/70
Served in the expedition to China.
Received the 2nd China War medal
(which he is wearing in the photo).
Appointed Inspector General of
Ordinance and Magazines 14
December 1868.
Colonel Stewart died in 1877.