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INDENTMajor General Charles William Robert Chester, born 1833, entered the Bengal Army as Ensign, 56th Native Infantry, 1850; entered the Bengal Staff Corps as Lieutenant 1861; Captain 1862; accompanied the Yusafzai Expedition 1863, commanding the 4th Goorkha Regiment and was present with the Second Brigade under Lieut. Colonel Wilde during the forcing of the Umbeyla Pass which included the famous 'Crag Piquet' actions during which the position was lost and won three times (Mentioned in Despatches); Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, Bengal, 1881; Major General, 1890