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 World 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 was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) on 21 September 1874. He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War,[1] was promoted to captain on 30 May 1883 and to major on 3 September 1890.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 3 September 1898. The battalion served in the Second Boer War, and was present at the Battle of Colenso in December 1899 and the relief of Ladysmith in February 1900 as well as operations in Western Transvaal.[1] Having completed his period in command of the battalion, he was placed on half-pay with promotion to the brevet rank of colonel on 3 September 1902,[3][4] and left South Africa on the SS Scot the following day, returning to the United Kingdom later the same month.[5] After his return he became General Officer Commanding the Hounslow Regimental District. He became General Officer Commanding Home Counties Territorial Division in 1908 and General Officer Commanding Wessex Territorial Division in 1911.[1] He served in the First World 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.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Who was Who Volume III (1929-1940)
  2. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1902
  3. ↑ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5961.
  4. ↑ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5965.
  5. ↑ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times (36869). London. 10 September 1902. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "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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