Ashanti War1882 Anglo-Egyptian WarSuakin Expedition Major General Sir John Carstairs McNeill[2] VC, GCVO, KCB, KCMG (28 March 1831 – 25 May 1904) was a senior British Army officer and Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

The natives thereupon rushed forward to seize him, but Lieutenant-Colonel McNeill, on perceiving that Private Vosper was not following him, returned, caught his horse, and helped him to mount.

[8]From 1869 to 1872 McNeill was military secretary to Lord Lisgar, Governor General of Canada, and was on the staff of the 1870 Red River expedition under Sir Garnet Wolseley.

[6] He served in the 1882 Egyptian campaign, after which he was promoted to major-general,[9] and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in November 1882.

Leading a brigade during the 1885 Suakin Expedition, he was in command at the Battle of Tofrek on 22 March, against Mahdist forces led by Osman Digna.

[6] McNeill's medals, including his VC, are part of the Lord Ashcroft Gallery held at the Imperial War Museum, London.