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A Second War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant W. S. MacDonald, Royal...
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A Second War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant W. S. MacDonald, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a pre-war footballer for Queens Park F.C. who was capped four times by Scotland Amateurs and was decorated for the sinking of U-433, on 16 November 1941
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942 and additionally privately engraved ‘Lt. W. S. Mc.Donald [sic] R.N.V.R. H.M.S. Marigold.’, hallmarks for London 1942, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, very fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.B.E. London Gazette, 9 March 1943.
D.S.C. London Gazette, 11 April 1942.
M.I.D. London Gazette, 27 January 1942.
William Sinclair MacDonald, a Schoolmaster from Govan, Glasgow, who played football as a Wing Half for Queens Park F.C., Edinburgh City F.C. and was capped four times at amateur level for Scotland, was born in Caithness on 28 August 1911. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Second War and was in command of H.M.S. Marigold on 16 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea, east of Gibraltar, when she sunk U-433 with the loss of six lives. Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, he was further created a Member of the Order of the British Empire whilst serving in H.M.S. Borage. Post war, he returned to teaching and at the time of his retirement in 1971, was serving as Rector of Inverness Royal Academy. He died, aged 66, in 1978.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942 and additionally privately engraved ‘Lt. W. S. Mc.Donald [sic] R.N.V.R. H.M.S. Marigold.’, hallmarks for London 1942, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, very fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.B.E. London Gazette, 9 March 1943.
D.S.C. London Gazette, 11 April 1942.
M.I.D. London Gazette, 27 January 1942.
William Sinclair MacDonald, a Schoolmaster from Govan, Glasgow, who played football as a Wing Half for Queens Park F.C., Edinburgh City F.C. and was capped four times at amateur level for Scotland, was born in Caithness on 28 August 1911. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Second War and was in command of H.M.S. Marigold on 16 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea, east of Gibraltar, when she sunk U-433 with the loss of six lives. Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, he was further created a Member of the Order of the British Empire whilst serving in H.M.S. Borage. Post war, he returned to teaching and at the time of his retirement in 1971, was serving as Rector of Inverness Royal Academy. He died, aged 66, in 1978.
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A Second War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant W. S. MacDonald, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a pre-war footballer for Queens Park F.C. who was capped four times by Scotland Amateurs and was decorated for the sinking of U-433, on 16 November 1941
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942 and additionally privately engraved ‘Lt. W. S. Mc.Donald [sic] R.N.V.R. H.M.S. Marigold.’, hallmarks for London 1942, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, very fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.B.E. London Gazette, 9 March 1943.
D.S.C. London Gazette, 11 April 1942.
M.I.D. London Gazette, 27 January 1942.
William Sinclair MacDonald, a Schoolmaster from Govan, Glasgow, who played football as a Wing Half for Queens Park F.C., Edinburgh City F.C. and was capped four times at amateur level for Scotland, was born in Caithness on 28 August 1911. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Second War and was in command of H.M.S. Marigold on 16 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea, east of Gibraltar, when she sunk U-433 with the loss of six lives. Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, he was further created a Member of the Order of the British Empire whilst serving in H.M.S. Borage. Post war, he returned to teaching and at the time of his retirement in 1971, was serving as Rector of Inverness Royal Academy. He died, aged 66, in 1978.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942 and additionally privately engraved ‘Lt. W. S. Mc.Donald [sic] R.N.V.R. H.M.S. Marigold.’, hallmarks for London 1942, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, very fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.B.E. London Gazette, 9 March 1943.
D.S.C. London Gazette, 11 April 1942.
M.I.D. London Gazette, 27 January 1942.
William Sinclair MacDonald, a Schoolmaster from Govan, Glasgow, who played football as a Wing Half for Queens Park F.C., Edinburgh City F.C. and was capped four times at amateur level for Scotland, was born in Caithness on 28 August 1911. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Second War and was in command of H.M.S. Marigold on 16 November 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea, east of Gibraltar, when she sunk U-433 with the loss of six lives. Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, he was further created a Member of the Order of the British Empire whilst serving in H.M.S. Borage. Post war, he returned to teaching and at the time of his retirement in 1971, was serving as Rector of Inverness Royal Academy. He died, aged 66, in 1978.
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