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Colour Sergeant Henry McDONALD VC |
| Born: | Inverness, Scotland - 28 May 1823 | 
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| Died: | Glasgow, Scotland - 15 February 1893 | ||
| Burial details: | Western Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Corps service: | He enlisted into the Royal Sappers and Miners in December 1840. In the Crimea he was present at the battles of Alma and Inkerman. After the war he rose steadily through the ranks and was commissioned in March 1862. In 1867 he was appointed garrison quartermaster in Gibraltar, but had to retire , because of ill-health, as a captain from that post in 1876. He lived-out is remaining years in Scotland. | ||
| VC awarded: | Won VC at Sebastopol, Crimea on 19 April 1855. (Crimean War 1854-6) | ||
| VC unit: | 10th Company, Royal Sapper and Miners | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented by Queen Victoria at Southsea Common, Hampshire, on 2 August 1858. | ||
| VC citation: | For gallant conduct when engaged in effecting a lodgment
in the enemy's Rifle Pitts, in front of the Left advance of the Right
Attack on Sebastopol; and for subsequent valour, when, by the Engineer
Officer being disabled from wounds, the command devolved upon him,
and determinately persisted in carrying on the sap, notwithstanding
the repeated attacks of the enemy. (London Gazette: 2 June 1858) |
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| VC location: | Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum | ||
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Additional material: SC Fenwick, FoREM Links to further reading:
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