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He was the son of
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The
Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes
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432:. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p.
345:(KStG) and also a knight of the Austrian
341:Following Waterloo he was created both a
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319:Spain and France from 1812 to 1814
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509:. Vol. 95. pp. 242–243.
779:People of the Battle of Waterloo
764:Recipients of the Waterloo Medal
709:British Army lieutenant generals
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517:"Fraser, Alexander George"
367:from 1807 until his death and a
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563:History of the Grenadier Guards
347:Military Order of Maria Theresa
704:55th Regiment of Foot officers
514:Stephens, Henry Morse (1889).
398:, Scotland on 18 August 1853.
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