Autograph request
Sent by Bray to Major General H. + (Cigarette card featuring Macdonald) + Field Forces, Harrismith, Orange River Colony on 8th August 1900 requesting his autograph.
Postcard with a cigarette card attached with the name portion removed leaving the postal authorities the challenge of identifying the intended recipient. The name portion has been subsequently reapplied by a collector.
Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, KCB, DSO (Scottish Gaelic: Eachann Gilleasbaig MacDhòmhnaill; 4 March 1853 25 March 1903), also known as Fighting Mac, was a distinguished Victorian soldier.
The son of a crofter, MacDonald left school before he was 15, enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders as a private at 17, and finished his career as a major general, a rare example of a British Army general who rose through the ranks on merit alone. He distinguished himself in action at Omdurman (1898), became a popular hero in Scotland and England, and was knighted for his service in the Second Boer War.
