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"PHARAOH AND THE SERGEANT."
LIEUT. -COLONEL DAVID MACLEOD, D.S.O., was a
son of the late Mr William Macleod, Arnol, Barvas. He
enlisted in the Seaforth High-
landers before he was quite sixteen
years of age. In 1895, volunteering
for special service in connection with
the organisation of the new Egyptian
Army, he went out as one of the
small band of Sergeant. -Instructors
(of whom Lewis provided two),
immortalised by Kipling in
"Pharaoh and the Sergeant" The
task of turning the spiritless
Fellaheen into fighting soldiers
was at the time deemed hope-
less by many, but the British
instructors proved themselves "a
charm for making riflemen from
mud." With the young army thus
created Lieut. -Col. Macleod served
throughout Lord Kitchener's re-con-
quest of the Sudan. He was present
at the Battle of Fisket (June, 1896),
and served in the Nile Expeditions of
1897 and 1898. He fought in Sir
Hector Macdonald's famous Brigade
at the Battles of the Atbara and Om-
durman- In admiration of the per-
fect steadiness and gallant conduct of
the 2nd Egyptians (trained by Lt.-
Colonel Macleod) at Omdurman,
Stevens, in "With Kitchener to
Khartoum," described them as "the
best trained and disciplined battalion
in the world." During 1899 Lt.-Col.
Macleod served on the White Nile
and in Khordofan with the forces
pursuing the Khalifa. For his ser-
vices he was mentioned in Lord Kit-
chener's despatches, received the Khedive's Medal with 6 clasps,
the Queen's Sudan Medal, medal for Distinguished Conduct
*Ueut.-Colonel DAVID
died in France, 19th
in the Field, and, as a further reward, a commission in the
Cameron Highlanders. In the South African War he served
continuously for over two years, see-
ing service in Cape Colony, the Free
State, and the Transvaal, where he
was wounded and again mentioned in
Lord Kitchener's despatches for Dis-
tinguished Conduct in the Field, at
the same time receiving the Queen's
Medal with three clasps and the
King's Medal with two clasps. To-
wards the end of the war he joined
the South African Constabulary,
popularly known as Baden Powell's
Police. . When peace was declared
he was made a District Commandant
and a Justice of the Peace. After
two years with the South African
Constabulary he volunteered for
active service in Somaliland, and
served four years with the King's
African Rifles in Central Africa,
British East Africa, and Uganda.
During that period he took part in
the Sotik Punitive Expedition, and
served with the Nandi Field Force.
He received the African General
Service Medal with two clasps, and
five years after receiving his commis-
sion was specially promoted to the
rank of Captain in the Gordon High-
landers in recognition of his varied
services in the field. In 1907 he
again accepted service in the Sudan,
to organise and command the Camel
Corps Training School at Khartoum ;
and he saw service with the Camel
Corps on the Blue Nile in 1908.
After being stationed with his Bat-
talion (2nd Gordons) for two years in India, he was appointed
to the Depot in Aberdeen, and retired early in 1914, after
MACLEOD, D.S.O
December, 1917-