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词条 Donald Macintyre (Indian Army officer)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. The medal

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Major General Donald Macintyre VC (12 September 1831 – 15 April 1903) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Early life

Macintyre was educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary.[1]

Career

Macintyre was 40 years old, and a major in the Bengal Staff Corps, British Indian Army, and 2nd Gurkha Rifles during the Lushai Expedition, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 4 January 1872 during the Lushai Campaign, North-East India, Major Macintyre led the assault on the stockaded village of Lalgnoora. He was the first to reach the stockade, at that time about 9 feet high, and successfully stormed it under heavy fire from the enemy.[2]

He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was granted the rank of major general upon retirement.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Gurkha Museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

See also

  • List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross
  • William Brydon, Macintyre's brother in law, who became famous as the sole survivor of the Massacre of Elphinstone's Army

References

1. ^Philip A. Wilkins, The History of the Victoria Cross: Being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients, Andrews UK Limited, 2012, {{ISBN|1781516731}}, 9781781516737
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23902|page=4489|date=27 September 1872}}
  • Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
  • The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
  • Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

External links

  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Donald Macintyre |birth=1831 |death=1903}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20041028142235/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/scotland.htm Location of grave and VC medal] (Highland, Scotland)
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