Background
FRASER, Thomas was born on November 15, 1840. Son of G. R. Fraser, barrister-at-law, and Elizabeth Allen, daughter of S. Chichester-Smythe.
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Thomas FRASER
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Abroad and at home.
Career
Entered R.E. 1862; Brevet Major, 187S. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel 1882. Brevet Colonel, 1885.
Major-General 1898. In France during military operations of 1870-1871.
Paris during Communist Revolution and Seige, 1871. Employed in Turkey, 1876.
Military Officier with British C. in C. Besica Bay, 1877. Accompanied Turkish C. in C. in Russo-Turkisli Bulgarian Campaign, 1877.
Transvaal War, 1881 (despatches).
Political and A.M.S. to Sir Evelyn Wood, 1882. Egyptian Campaign, 1882 (despatches, bronze star, medal with clasp, Osmanieh). Assistant-Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General Egyptian Army, 1882-1885.
Nile Expedition, 1884-1885 (despatches, clasp, Medjidie).
Member of Royal Commission on Piers and Roads, Ireland, 1886-1888 and 1900. Assistant Inspector-General of Fortifications, 1891-1894.
Colonel on the Staff C.R.E., South. District, 1894-1896. Substantive Major-General and G.O.C. Thames District, 1898-1902.
Commandant School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1896-1902.
Honourable Colonel Cheshire R. East., Railway Battalion. Passed Staff College.
Membership
Club: Athenaeum.
Connections
Spouse 1865, Matilda,daughter of late James Beckford Wildman, Member of Parliament, formerly of Chilham Castle, Kent.
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British