MacGregor Medal

The MacGregor Medal is awarded to Indian Armed Forces personnel for valuable military reconnaissance. The medal was originally instituted in 1888 to honour the memory of United Service Institution of India founder, Maj Gen Sir Charles MacGregor.

After the partition of British India into India and Pakistan, the award was adopted by India and continues to this day. So far 117 medals have been awarded: 7 full gold medals to officers, 62 standard size silver medals to officers (including 5 JCOs), and 48 reduced size silver medals to other ranks/soldiers.

Notable British Indian officers prior to 1947, to have been awarded the MacGregor Medal (full sized, gold) include Francis Younghusband (1890), Gerard Leachman (1910), Orde Charles Wingate (1943) and Frederick Marshman Bailey (1914). Indian officers and other ranks up to 1947 to receive the standard-sized medal include

and others

In addition to the full gold medal, a reduced-sized silver medal was also awarded to junior Indian officers, including :

and others

One British officer has been awarded the medal twice - A. S. Lancaster, as a major in 1938, and again as a colonel in 1946.; and one British Indian one, Shahzad Mir, first as Daffadar, in 1897, then again as Risaldar in 1906.

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