Background
BECKETT, Stephen was born in 1840. 5th son of late Captain J. O. Beckett, Honourable East India Company’s Service.
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Stephen BECKETT
Stephen BECKETT, British Director. Served in Indian Mutiny (despatches, dangerously wounded, medal); Suakin, 1885, as Director of Indian Transport with British troops (despatches, medal with clasp, Khedive's star, and C.B.).
Education
Studied at Private School and Edinburgh Academy.
Career
Ensign H. East India Company’s Service 1857. Attached 54th Regiment 1857-1858. Punjab Frontier Force, 1858-1869.
Assistant Political Agent and Supdt., Bahawalpur, 1869-1879. Cemmissariat Department, 1879-1881. 31st Punjab Infry., 1881-1882.
Commissariat and Transport Department, 1882-1887. Commanded 38th Bengal Infry., 1887-1889. Served in Indian Mutiny (despatches, dangerously wounded, medal).
Umbeylah campaign, 1863-1864 (despatches twice, medal with clasp). Commanded Bahawalpur contingent on Dera Ghazi Khan Frontier during 1st Kabul campaign, 1879. Suakin, 1885, as Director of Indian Transport with British troops (despatches, medal with clasp, Khedive's star, and Companion of the Bath). Retired Indian Staff Corps.
Connections
- Father:
- Captain J. O. Beckett
Official Titles
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Companion of the Bath. Colonel.
Awards
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Served in Indian Mutiny (despatches, dangerously wounded, medal). Suakin, 1885, as Director of Indian Transport with British troops (despatches, medal with clasp, Khedive's star, and C.B.).Served in Indian Mutiny (despatches, dangerously wounded, medal). Suakin, 1885, as Director of Indian Transport with British troops (despatches, medal with clasp, Khedive's star, and C.B.).