Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (Lieut: R. P. Macdonald. 67th Foot.) very fine £240-£280

Reginald Percy MacDonald was born in June 1856, and was the eldest son of Major General J. C. MacDonald. He was educated at Clifton College, and initially served in the Royal Pembroke Artillery Miltia from 1875. MacDonald was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Foot in January 1878, and advanced to Lieutenant in March of the same year. He served with the Regiment in Afghanistan December 1879 - September 1880 (Medal Roll gives entitlement to no clasp medal).

MacDonald advanced to Captain in April 1884, and served with 2nd Battalion in the Burma Expedition 1885-87 (M.I.D. London Gazette 2 September 1887 - for ‘most valuable work in the pacification of the Sagain district and in the pursuit of Hla-oo’). McDonald also served during the Burma Expedition 1887-89, and particularly distinguished himself with the Mogaung Field Force (D.S.O. London Gazette 15 September 1889).

MacDonald was presented with the D.S.O. by the Queen, 1 August 1890. He advanced to Major in May 1892, and to Lieutenant Colonel in October 1902. MacDonald retired Colonel in 1897, and settled in South Africa where he served as a Staff Captain with the Transvaal Volunteers, Johannesburg.

Sold with portrait photograph of recipient in uniform and wearing medals - including a no clasp Afghanistan Medal. The photograph additionally annotated in ink ‘Reginald P. Macdonald.’ The Afghanistan 1878-80 Medal Roll also lists McDonald as being entitled to a no clasp medal, however this medal appears entirely as issued.