Born in Hammersmith, London, c.1836.
Enlisted at London on the 13th of February 1855.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Lt. brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.
Is shown on a nominal roll made out at the Cavalry Depot, Scutari, on the 9th of November 1855 as having been On Duty there from the 21st of August.
From Private to Corporal: 7th of September 1857.
Transferred to the 8th Hussars at Hounslow on the 15th of September 1857, with the Regimental No. 109.
Embarked for India aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
Reduced to Private by a Regimental Court-martial on the 1st of October 1860.
From Private to Corporal: 27th of February 1865.
Transferred back to the 11th Hussars at York on the 1st of March 1866, (as a Pte.) His Regimental number in the 11th Hussars for his second period of service was 877.
From Private to Corporal: 6th of March 1866.
Re-engaged for 12 years further service at Colchester on the 21st of June 1866.
Invalided back to England from India on the 21st of February 1870.
From Corporal to Sergeant: 1st of March 1872.
Discharged from Canterbury on the 30th of January 1874, as "Free, to pension after 18 years service".
Is shown as to "reside in London" after discharge. His wife, Sarah, was with him at this time, but no children are recorded.
Next of kin: Wife, Sarah Anne. Is shown on the Regimental "Married Roll" from the 2nd of April 1870.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
Awarded the L. S. & G. C. medal on the 28th of August 1875. This was after he had left the Army. (His L.S. & G.C medal was awarded to him as a Sergeant.)
Both he and his wife were buried in the City Cemetery at Fulford, York. The memorial stone which was erected bears the following inscription:
"Alfred St. Clair Mundy. Late of the 8th and 11th Hussars and Rough Riding Serjeant Major [sic] of the Canterbury Dept, who died October 2nd 1898, aged 62. 'His end was Peace.' Also of Sarah Anne St. Claire Mundy, widow of the above, Died May 2nd 1906, aged 60 years. 'At Rest.'"
(There is a copy of a photograph of his gravestone and that of his wife in York City Cemetery in the 11th Hussar file.)
Extracts from the "Evening Press" for Monday the 3rd of October and Wednesday the 5th of October 1898:
"St. Claire. [sic] On October 2nd, at Micklegate, York. Alfred Mundy St. Claire, late Sergeant Major of the 11th and 8th Hussars and the beloved husband of Anne Mundy St. Clare, after many years of patient suffering, aged 62. His end was peace — No flowers, by request." [From the Deaths column.]"Funeral of a York Veteran. — The funeral of Mr. Alfred Mundy St. Claire, late Sergeant-Major of the 8th and 11th Hussars, who resided at No. 50 Micklegate, York, took place this morning and was accorded full military honours, an officer and party of the 3rd Dragoons, which regiment is now stationed in York, attending with a gun-carriage drawn by four horses. The deceased, who was 62 years of age was one of the rapidly decreasing numbers of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny veterans, and since these wars he had gained the position of Rough-Riding Sergeant-Major and Chief Instructor at the Cavalry Depot. He served nearly twenty years, and had four medals. His death, which occurred on the 2nd inst., after many years of suffering from a spinal complaint which he bore patiently, and it was his own wish that he should be afforded a military funeral. He was respected and popular, not only during his service, but ever since he left the Army."