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VC61   Henry MacDonald

BORN  28 May 1823

DIED   15 February 1893  AGE   69

VC Won  19 April 1855  AGE 31

Place VC Won  Sebastopol, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   Henry MacDonald  No.   

VC Issue No.   61   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Corps of Royal Engineers

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Colour-Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Honorary Captain

Place Of Birth   Inverness, Highlands, Scotland

Place Of Death   Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes  Western Necropolis, Tresta Road, Cadder, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   18 February 1893

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section K, Lair 957

Gazetted   2 June 1858

VC Presented   02 August 1858 by Queen Victoria, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Western Necropolis, Tresta Road, Cadder, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

P  Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent

P  Locomotive nameplate at the Museum of Army Transport, Flemingate, Beverley, North Humberside (duplicate at Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent)

By The Way…

His intended career path before becoming a sapper was to be a monk

VC Held By

Glasgow City Art Gallery & Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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While involved in digging in a trench towards the enemy rifle pit, he helped a wounded officer back to aid. When he returned he found his men in retreat. He rallied the men, charged the Russians out of the position and carried on the sap (trench).