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Hector MacDonald

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Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, KCB, DSO (Eachann Gilleasbaig MacDhòmhnaill; 4 March 1853 – 25 March 1903), also known as Fighting Mac, was a distinguished Victorian soldier. [1]

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Battle of Abu Hamed

The Battle of Abu Hamed occurred on 7 August 1897 between a flying column of Anglo-Egyptian soldiers under Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter and a garrison of Mahdist rebels led by Mohammed Zain.

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Battle of Omdurman

At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad.

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Battle of Paardeberg

The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain") was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War.

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Camp Coffee

Camp Coffee is a concentrated coffee-flavoured syrup, which was first produced in 1876 by Paterson & Sons Ltd., in a plant on Charlotte Street, Glasgow.

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Charles Townshend (British Army officer)

Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (21 February 1861 – 18 May 1924) was a British Imperial soldier who during the First World War led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia, which led to the defeat and destruction of his command.

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Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland.

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Hector Macdonald

Hector Macdonald may refer to.

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Hector the Hero

"Hector the Hero" is a classic lament penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903.

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Hector Waller

Hector Macdonald Laws (Hec) Waller, DSO and Bar (4 April 1900 – 1 March 1942) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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Henry Snell Gamley

Henry Snell Gamley (commonly called Harry Gamley) (1865–1928) was a sculptor specialising in war memorials and sculpture on tombs.

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Highland Brigade (United Kingdom)

The Highland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army, which has been formed and reformed a number of times.

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Jake Arnott

Jake Arnott (born 11 March 1961) is a British novelist and dramatist, author of The Long Firm and six other novels.

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James Scott Skinner

James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler, and composer.

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Jimmy Curran

James Michael Curran (January 7, 1880 – February 7, 1963) was an athletics coach, best known for training five Olympic gold medallists.

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Joseph West Ridgeway

Colonel Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, (16 May 1844 – 16 April 1930) was a British civil servant and colonial governor.

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List of British generals and brigadiers

This is a list of people who held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other military force.

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List of characters in Monarch of the Glen

The following is a list of minor fictional characters in the Scottish BBC drama TV series Monarch of the Glen.

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List of Scottish Gaelic-speaking people

This page lists biographies of notable people who speak or spoke the Scottish Gaelic language with some degree of fluency, but not necessary as native speakers.

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List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1900–04)

>> List of ''Vanity Fair'' caricatures (1905-09) Next List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1905-1909) Category:1900s in the United Kingdom.

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List of Victorian era British generals

This is an incomplete list of British generals who served during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901).

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Macdonald

MacDonald, Macdonald, and McDonald are Scottish and Irish surnames.

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Redvers Buller

General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Robert Whigham

General Sir Robert Dundas Whigham, (5 August 1865 – 23 June 1950) was a British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.

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Siege of Kimberley

The Siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town.

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Songs of a Sourdough

Songs of a Sourdough is a book of poetry published in 1907 by Robert W. Service.

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Wallace Williamson

Rev Dr Andrew Wallace Williamson, KCVO, DD (29 December 1856 – 10 July 1926) was a Church of Scotland minister who was Dean of the Thistle.

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William Birnie Rhind

William Birnie Rhind RSA (1853–1933) was a Scottish sculptor.

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1853 in Scotland

Events from the year 1853 in Scotland.

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1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours

The Diamond Jubilee Honours for the British Empire were announced on 22 June 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on 20 June 1897.

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1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 1st Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army with a very long history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_MacDonald

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