Alister Jamieson (buried 1924)

At a glance

At a glance
Alister Jamieson (buried 1924)
Surname: 
Jamieson
First name: 
Alister
Other Christian names: 
William
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1171
Born: 
8/3/1847
Died: 
20/07/1924
Buried: 
23/07/1924
Occupation: 
Gentleman Cadet; Colonel;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
18
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In memory of Colonel Alister William Jamieson late of Indian Army born 8th March 1847 died 20th July 1924. And of Geraldine Alice his wife (nee Daguilar) born 23rd April 1848 died January 20th 1932

Life story

Life story

The Jamieson family had a strong military background. Alister's mother, Anne Mackintosh, married General James William Henry Jamieson, Indian Army, in 1831 at her home town of Inverness. Alister was born in Bengal on 8 March 1847 and baptised at Ludhiana on 22 March. He began his military career at about the age of 19 at the Royal Military School, Sandhurst in 1864 as a Gentleman Cadet and was commissioned in 1866. Eventually, he joined the Indian Army Staff Corps and served in Bengal reaching the rank of Colonel. On 24 July 1873 he married Geraldine Alice DAguilar at Simla, Bengal. They had a son , Gerald Alister, and two daughters, Inez and Sheila Alice, all born in India. Gerald became a soldier. He married Ruth Cobbold, the daughter of the Rev. Cobbold, Chaplain to the Indian Government. In 1916, he died of wounds received at Mesopotamia. Both daughters married soldiers. Inez became the wife of Major-General Sir Jocelyn Percy and Sheila married Lt. Col. Alfred Hutton Radice DSC. When Alister retired to England he lived at Fairstowe, Lyncombe, Bath, Somerset and St. Kilda, Hewlett Road, in Cheltenham, before coming to Arden, Shakespeare Road, Worthing, where he died on 20 July 1924.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
08/03/1847
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Geraldine Alice
Spouse one last name: 
D'Aguilar
Marriage one date: 
24/07/1873
Marriage one address: 
Simla, India

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
20/07/1924
Age (at time of death): 
77
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Arden, Shakespeare Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£9,509

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1901 census: 

Fairstowe Lyncombe, Bath, Somerset Alister William Jamieson, 54, head, Colonel HMs Indian Army (Indian Staff Corps active ?); Geraldine Alice Jamieson, 52, wife; Inez DAguilar Jamieson, 26, daughter; Sheila Alice Jamieson, 18, daughter; plus a cook and a housemaid