Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain K. J. Macintosh, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, who was awarded the M.C. for his gallantry at the Battle of Ramadi, 28 September 1917, during which action he was wounded, and saw further service during the Third Afghan War, being mortally wounded in the action at Ahnai Tangi on the North West Frontier on 14 January 1920, dying of his wounds two days later having never regained consciousness

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. K. J. Macintosh.) first initial officially corrected; Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt K. J. Macintosh, 2-5 Grks.); Memorial Plaque (Kenneth John Macintosh) good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400

M.C. London Gazette 18 January 1918; citation published 25 April 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Though wounded early in an attack he continued to command his company throughout the day. By his gallant bearing and fearlessness he encouraged his men to maintain the captured position.’

Kenneth John Macintosh, of Llandaff, Cardiff, was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, on 29 June 1916, and was attached to the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) on 3 July 1916. He was promoted Lieutenant on 29 June 1917, and served with the 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia, where he distinguished himself at the Battle of Ramadi on 28 September 1917- although wounded in the face he led his men for the rest of the day, and was awarded the Military Cross. Appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, with the rank of Captain, he saw further action in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India during the Third Afghan War, and was severely wounded in the action at Ahnai Tangi on 14 January 1920 (a contemporary account says that he was hit in the head, and never regained consciousness). The day he was wounded the Colonel of the Regiment, four other officers, and 25 other ranks were killed, and 53 other ranks were wounded. Macintosh died of his wounds two days later on 16 January 1920; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate).

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