See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HECTOR

HECTOR See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

ARCHIBALD See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

MACDONALD (1852-1903)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parentage at See also:

• MUIR, JOHN (1810-1882)
• MUIR, SIR WILLIAM (1819-1905)

Muir, of See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan-See also:

• GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

Grange, See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, in 1852 . As a boy he was employed in a See also:

• DRAPER
• DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (1811-1882)

draper's See also:

• SHOP

shop at See also:

• DINGWALL

Dingwall, but in 187o he enlisted in the 92nd (See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon) Highlanders . He See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose rapidly through the non-commissioned ranks, and had already .been a See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour-sergeant for some years when, in the Afghan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1879, he distinguished himself in the presence of the enemy so much as to be promoted to commissioned See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, his See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement being equally acceptable to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and popular with the rank and See also:

• FILE

file . As a subaltern he served in the first See also:

• BOER

Boer War of 188o-81, and at See also:

• MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the hill of doves")

Majuba, where he was made prisoner, his bravery was so conspicuous that See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JOUBERT, BARTHELEMY CATHERINE (1769–1799)
• JOUBERT, JOSEPH (1754–1824)
• JOUBERT, PETRUS JACOBUS (1834–1900)

Joubert gave him back his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . In 1885 he served under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood in the reorganization of the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile Expedition of that See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1888 he became a regimental See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the British service, but continued to serve in the Egyptian army, being particularly occupied with the training of the Sudanese battalions . In 1889 he received the D.S.O. for his conduct at Toski and in 189r, after the See also:

• ACTION

action at Tokar, he was promoted substantive See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . In 1896 he commanded a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of the Egyptian army in the See also:

• DONGOLA

Dongola Expedition, and during the following See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns he distinguished himself in every engagement, above all in the final See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• OMDURMAN

Omdurman (1898) at the crisis of which See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald's Sudanese brigade, manceuvring as a unit with the coolness and precision of the See also:

• PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade ground, repulsed the most determined attack of the Mandists . After this See also:

• GREAT

great service Macdonald's name became famous in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and Scotland, the popular See also:

• SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of " Fighting . Mac " testifying the See also:

• INTEREST

interest aroused in the public mind by his career and his soldierly See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality . He was promoted See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in the army and appointed an aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, and in 1899 he was promoted major-general and appointed to a command in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1899 he was called to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa to command the Highland Brigade, which had just suffered very heavily and had lost its See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, Major-General A .

G . Wauchope, in the battle of Magersfontein . He commanded the brigade through-out See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts's Paardeberg, See also:

• BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein and See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria operations, and in 1901 he was made a K.C . B . In 1902 he was appointed to command the troops in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, but See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the following year (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 25, 1903) he committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . A memorial to this brilliant soldier, in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft. high, was erected at Dingwall and completed in 1907 .