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26 September 1917 also saw him awarded the Military Cross in the name of Douglas Urchart McGregor. The accompanying award citation gives insight into McGregor's exploits: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading patrols against hostile formations. He has attacked and driven down enemy aircraft on several occasions, in spite of ...
At its time of creation, it was decided the DSSM would be obtained at the lowest possible cost and with as little involvement as possible. For these reasons, and because it would rank just below the Defense Distinguished Service Medal for similar service, it was decided to use the same design as the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, finished in silver rather than gold, and with the ...
Samuel Liddell (or Liddel) MacGregor Mathers (8 or 11 January 1854 – 5 or 20 November 1918), born Samuel Liddell Mathers, was a British occultist and member of the S.R.I.A.. He is primarily known as one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , a ceremonial magic order of which offshoots still exist.
Lieutenant-General Hon. James Douglas ( —1691), Scots Regiment of Footguards colonel; General Sir James Douglas; Major-General James Archibald Douglas CMG CIE (1862—1932) Lieutenant-General John Douglas, 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot colonel (1787–1789) General Sir John Douglas (1817—1888)
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army.Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland.Its lineage can be traced back to 1642 in the Kingdom of Scotland, although it was only placed on the English Establishment in 1686.
Hackworth was born in Ocean Park, California (now part of Santa Monica), on November 11, 1930, the son of Leroy E. Hackworth and Lorette (Kensly) Hackworth. [3] His parents both died before he was a year old, so he and his brother and sister were raised by Ida Stedman, their paternal grandmother.
John Roddick Russell MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, OBE, PC, FKC (born 14 February 1937), is a politician from the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 1974 to 2001.
John Alexander Paul was born in 1780. His father, Lachlan Paul (né McPhail), was a Scottish-born Ensign in the Bengal Army.He set sail for India aboard the Chapman in March 1781, but died on 17 December that year, aged 25.