Alexandre Fourchault

Mokrani Revolt Alexandre Édouard Constant Fourchault (19 August 1817 – 10 April 1884) was a French officer.

He did his infantry training with the 58th line in Algeria in 1843, passed to the 3rd chasseurs the following year, and was attached to the Bourges division in 1847.

[11] He was attached to the general staff of the Army of Africa, and was decorated as Knight of the Legion of Honour on August 16, 1850.

[12] He ended his career on 23 October 1877 and his life in Algiers with the rank of cavalry colonel on 10 April 1884.

[13] A commemorative monument was raised to him by public subscription in 1885, in the St. Eugene Cemetery, on land granted in perpetuity by the city of Algiers.