Ledger kept as Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in UK, at sea on the 'Burmah'; at Masulipatam; Sedashepett; Trimulgherry; Bolarum; Bangalore; Wellington; Secunderabad; Chudder Ghat.
Ledger kept as Captain in the RA in UK (Jan-Oct 1876); Paris, Turin, Venice (Oct-Nov 1876); at sea - Suez, Aden, Bombay, Hingoli (Nov 1876); Delhi (Dec 1876); Hingoli and Bolarum.