1. Cool Dongola House images
Some cool Dongola House images:
Monument to Hector the Hero (Major-General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald) at
Tarradale Muir of Ord Ross-shire
Thr monument itself can be seen at:
www.flickr.com/photos/conner395/4508402279
The full story is told elsewhere and the wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_MacDonald covers it well.
The detail of the inscription tablet:-
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2. "air muir s’air tir"
(by land and by sea – motto of Clan Donald)
Erected in memory of
SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD
KCB DSO ADC LLD
Born Rootfield, March 1853.
Enlisted Private Soldier June 1870.
Died Major General March 1903.
WAR SERVICES:-
AFGHANISTAN:- Hazardarakht, Charasiah, Kabul, Childukhtean, Kabul to Kandahar, Battle of
Kandahar
SOUTH AFRICA:- Majuba Hill
SOUDAN EXPEDIRION:- Suakin, Gamaizah, toski, Tokar
DONGOLA EXPEDITION:- Firkit, Hafir
NILE EXPEDITIONS:- Abu Hamed, Atbara, Omdurman
SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-1901. Koodoosberg, Paardeberg, Wittebergen.
Thanked by Both Houses of Parliament.
Awarded ten decorations, fourteen claps.
Mentioned eleven times in despatches.
Erected by the friends of his youth.
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NOTE re initials:
KCB (Knight commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath)
DSO (Distinguished Service Order)
ADC (Aide-de-camp)(to Queen Victoria)
LLD (Legum Doctor- also known as Doctor of Laws)
More information on South African experience at :
http://southafricanexperience.com/cool-dongola-house-images/
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