Colin Donald

Colin Donald
Born 18 September 1854
Died 31 October 1939
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major General
Commands held 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Hounslow Regimental District
Home Counties Territorial Division
Wessex Territorial Division
Western Reserve Centre
Battles/wars Second Anglo-Afghan War
Second Boer War
First Word War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Colin George Donald CB, CBE (18 September 1854 – 31 October 1939) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.

Military career

Educated at Cheltenham College, Donald served in Second Anglo-Afghan War.[1] He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers and was present at Battle of Colenso in December 1899 and the relief of Ladysmith in February 1900 as well as operations in Western Transvaal during the Second Boer War.[1] He became General Officer Commanding the Hounslow Regimental District in 1902, General Officer Commanding Home Counties Territorial Division in 1908 and General Officer Commanding Wessex Territorial Division in 1911.[1] He served in the First Word War as Inspector of Territorials in India from 1914 and then as General Officer Commanding Western Reserve Centre from 1915.[1] He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Who was Who Volume III (1929-1940)
  2. "Royal Fusiliers colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Geoffrey Barton
Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers
1922–1924
Succeeded by
Sir Reginald Pinney
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