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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 95

(x) Five: Colonel C. E. W. Macdonald, Imperial Yeomanry, late 6th & 13th Bengal Lancers

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. C. E. W. Macdonald, 13th Bl. Lancs.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: C. E. W. Macdonald. 6th Bengal Cavy.); India General Service 1895-1908, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Major C. E. W. Macdonald 6th Bl. Cavy.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: Col: C. Macdonald, Imp: Yeo:); Khedive's Star, dated 1882, good very fine and a magnificent combination (5)

Charles Edward Wylde Macdonald was the son of Major-General John Macdonald of Kingsburgh and also the great-great-grandson of Flora Macdonald. He served in the Indian Cavalry, firstly in Afghanistan (Medal without clasp) and thence in two actions at Kassasin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt & Sudan (Medal & clasp, Bronze Star). Having served with the Bechuanaland Expedition under Sir Charles Warren in 1884-85, he served with Sir William Lockhart on the North-West Frontier (Medal & 3 clasps) and concluded his campaign career during the Boer War whilst taken command of the 23rd Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Medal & 5 clasps). Having taken retirement, Macdonald also commanded the Veteran Reserve Regiment which had been founded in 1909 by Colonel Lord Dunraven. He came back into the fold to raise the 14th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War but vacated command due to his age before they went overseas. Macdonald died at Dumbarton in November 1923.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600