Hi All: Maj-Gen Hector McDonald, "Fighting Mac" in the South African (Boer) War rose from the ranks in the British Army. http://pw1.netcom.com/~reincke/homepage.html Yours, John Wilson > One of the great myths of the British Army was that it was impossible to > rise from the ranks. It may have been difficult and very few made it to > Field Marshal but even in peacetime many officers had originally served in > the ranks. In wartime soldiers were frequently promoted from the ranks and > after 1915 the great majority of officers in both the British and Australian > Armies came from the ranks including some battalion commanders. And > Pompey Elliot was awarded the DCM as a sergeant in the Boer War. >

Hi all Doing some work on Townsville in WW2 31 Inf Bn in March 1942 had companies at Pilot Hill Sth Townsville, Melton Hill, Orphanage Hill and Stanton Hill. Does anyone know where these were Thanks Graham