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{{Use dmy dates|date= | {{short description|Winner of the Victoria Cross}} | ||
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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|name=Donald Macintyre | | name = Donald Macintyre | ||
|birth_date=12 September 1831 | | birth_date = 12 September 1831 | ||
|death_date= 15 April 1903 | | death_date = 15 April 1903 | ||
|birth_place= [[Kincraig]], [[ | | birth_place = [[Kincraig]], [[Inverness-shire]] | ||
|death_place=[[Fortrose]] | | death_place = [[Fortrose]], [[Ross-shire]] | ||
|placeofburial=[[Rosemarkie]] Churchyard | | placeofburial = [[Rosemarkie]] Churchyard | ||
|image=Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914. Q80557.jpg | | image = Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914. Q80557.jpg | ||
|caption= | | caption = | ||
|nickname= | | nickname = | ||
|allegiance= {{UK}} | | allegiance = {{UK}} | ||
|serviceyears= | | serviceyears = | ||
|rank=[[Major | | rank = [[Major general]] | ||
|branch={{army|British India|23px}} | | branch = {{army|British India|23px}} | ||
|commands= | | commands = | ||
|unit=[[Bengal Staff Corps]] | | unit = [[Bengal Staff Corps]] | ||
|battles=[[Lushai Expedition]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] | | battles = [[Lushai Expedition]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] | ||
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]] | | awards = [[Victoria Cross]] | ||
|relations=[[William Brydon]] CB (brother-in-law) | | relations = [[William Brydon]] CB (brother-in-law)<br>[[James Travers]] VC (brother-in-law) | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Major General]] '''Donald Macintyre''' | |||
[[Major General]] '''Donald Macintyre''' {{post-nominals|size=100%|VC}} (12 September 1831 – 15 April 1903) was a [[Scotland|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Macintyre was educated at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]].<ref>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}} | Macintyre was born in Kincraig, Scotland in 1831, the second son of Donald Macintyre of Calcutta and his wife, Margaret Mackenzie. Of his sisters, one married the army surgeon [[William Brydon]], the sole European survivor of the [[1842 retreat from Kabul#Retreat and massacre|1842 retreat from Kabul]], and another [[James Travers]], who won the VC in the Indian Mutiny.<ref name=ODNB>{{cite web |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34736 |title=Macintyre, Donald|last1=Vibart |first1=H.M.|last2=Falkner |first2=James |publisher=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|year=2004|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
Macintyre was educated at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] from 1848 to 1850.<ref>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}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Macintyre | Macintyre obtained a commission in the [[Bengal Army]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in June 1850. Joining the [[1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)|66th Gurkha Regiment]], he served in a number of small campaigns on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]]. During the 1857–8 [[Indian Mutiny]], he helped raise an extra Gurkha regiment (later the [[4th Gorkha Rifles|4th Gurkha Rifles]]), and to protect the hill passes on the [[Kumaon division|Kali Kumaon]] frontier from [[Rohilkhand]] rebels. He was promoted to captain in June 1862.<ref name=ODNB/> | ||
Becoming a major in June 1870, Macintyre served with the [[Lushai Expedition]] of 1871–2 as second in command of the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|2nd Gurkha Rifles]].<ref name=ODNB/> It was here that Macintyre, a 40 year old [[major]] in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], was awarded the VC for the following deed: | |||
On 4 January 1872 during the Lushai Campaign | {{Blockquote|On 4 January 1872 during the Lushai Campaign, Major Macintyre led the assault on the stockaded village of Lalgnoora. He was the first to reach and climb over the 8–9 feet high stockade, and successfully stormed it under heavy enemy fire.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23902|page=4489|date=27 September 1872}}</ref>}} | ||
He | He was also [[mentioned in dispatches]] and, in September 1872, promoted to [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant-colonel.<ref name=ODNB/> Macintyre was appointed lieutenant-colonel on 14 January 1876. He commanded the 2nd Prince of Wales's Own Gurkhas at the [[Cyprus Convention|occupation of Cyprus]] (1878) and in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] (1878–9).<ref name=ODNB/> | ||
In October 1887, Macintyre was appointed brevet colonel. He was granted the honorary rank of [[major general]] upon retirement in December 1880.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24950|page=1200|date=15 March 1881}}</ref> | |||
==Later life== | |||
Macintyre was an extensive traveller and fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]. He published an account of his experiences in ''Hindu Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sports on and beyond the Himalayas'' (1889).<ref name=ODNB/> | |||
He subsequently lived in [[Fortrose]], Ross-shire where he died on 15 April 1903, aged 71, and was buried in [[Rosemarkie]] churchyard.<ref name=ODNB/> | |||
==The medal== | ==The medal== | ||
His Victoria Cross is displayed at [[The Gurkha Museum]] in [[Winchester]], Hampshire, England. | His Victoria Cross is displayed at [[The Gurkha Museum]] in [[Winchester]], Hampshire, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/sconorth.htm |title=Known Graves of Holders of the Victoria Cross in: Scotland – North West Highlands |website=victoriacross.org |accessdate=30 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]] | *[[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999) | ||
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997) | |||
*[[Scotland's Forgotten Valour]] (Graham Ross, 1995) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society]] | |||