MacGregor Medal
This medal is awarded to Armed Forces personnel for valuable military reconnaissance. This was instituted in 1888 to honour the memory of the USI founder, Maj Gen Sir Charles MacGregor. So far 121 medals have been awarded – 7 gold medals to officers, 62 standard size silver medals to officers (including 5 JCOs), and 48 reduced size silver medals to soldiers. Amongst the well known British Indian Officers winners have been Capt FE Younghusband (1890) and Maj Gen OC Wingate (1943). Thirteen Indian Officers have won the medal. These are Maj Gen ZC Bakshi(1949), Col IC Katoch(1951), Capt MS Jarg(1956), 2/Lt IB Goel (1956), Capt V Badhwar (1957), Capt SL Tugnait (1959), Brig ML Whig (1969), Maj Prem Chand (1970), Col CS Nugyal (1971), Capt Ravindra Misra (1972), Sqn Ldr RK Makar (1986), Flt Lt RTS Chhina (1986), and Lt Col NJ Korgaonkar(1997), Col Narender Kumar (1978-81), Wg Cdr Rahul Monga (2007), Wg Cdr Anil Kumar (2007) and Cdr Dilip Dende (2010). One officer earned it twice - Maj AS Lancaster in 1938 and then as Col in 1946.
LIST OF MACGREGOR MEDAL WINNERS
| Ser No | Awardees | Year | Remarks |
| 1. | Col MS Bell, VC
Royal Engineers | 1889 | |
| 2. | Capt FE Younghusband
King’s Dragoon Guards | 1890 | |
| 3. | Maj HA Sawyer
45th Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1891 | |
| 4. | Hav Ramzan Khan
3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry Punjab Frontier Force | 1891 | |
| 5. | Capt HB Vaughan
7th Bengal Infantry | 1892 | |
| 6. | Hav Jaggat Singh
19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1892 | |
| 7. | Hav Ganga Ram
44th Gurkha Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1892 | |
| 8. | Capt H Bower
17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry | 1893 | |
| 9. | Daffadar Fazaldad Khan
17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry | 1893 | |
| 10. | Maj GHW O’Sullivan
Royal Engineers | 1894 | |
| 11. | Sowar Mull Singh
6th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry | 1894 | |
| 12. | Capt HR Davies
Oxford Light Infantry | 1895 | |
| 13. | Hav Gunga Dayal Singh
2 Bengal Light Inf (Queen’s Own) | 1895 | |
| 14. | Lt GK Cockerill
28th Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1896 | |
| 15. | Sepoy Ghulam Nabi
Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Punjab Frontier Force | 1896 | |
| 16. | Capt EJE Swayne
16th Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1897 | |
| 17. | Daffadar Shahzad Mir
11th Regiment of Bengal Lancers | 1897 | |
| 18. | Capt HB Walker
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry | 1898 | |
| 19. | Hav Adam Khan
Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Punjab Frontier Force | 1898 | |
| 20. | Capt JA Douglas
2nd Regiment of Bengal Lancers | 1899 | |
| 21. | Nk Mihr Din
Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners | 1899 | |
| 22. | Capt AWS Wingate
14th Regiment of Bengal Lancers | 1900 | |
| 23. | Hav Gurdit Singh
45th Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1900 | |
| 24. | Maj EB Burton
17th Bengal Lancers | 1901 | |
| 25. | Color Havildar Sundar Singh
31st Burma Light Infantry | 1901 | |
| 26. | Capt MRE Ray
7th Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry | 1902 | |
| 27. | Hav Tilbir Bhandari
9th Gurkha Rifles | 1902 | |
| 28. | Lt Col CC Manifold
Indian Medical Service | 1903 | |
| 29. | Lance Daffadar Ghulam Hussain
Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Punjab Frontier Force | 1903 | |
| 30. | Capt LD Fraser
Royal Garrison Artillery | 1904 | |
| 31. | Daffadar Moghal Baz
Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Punjab Frontier Force | 1904 | |
| 32. | Maj FR Rennick
40th Pathans | 1905 | |
| 33. | Hav Madho Ram
8th Gurkha Rifles | 1905 | |
| 34. | Risaldar Shahzada Ahmad Mir
36th Jacob’s Horse | 1906 | |
| 35. | L-Nk Ghafur Shah
Queen’s Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides Infantry (F.F) | 1906 | |
| 36. | Capt MC Nabgle
92nd Punjabis | 1907 | |
| 37. | Hav Sheikh Usman
103rd Mahratta Light Infantry | 1907 | |
| 38. | Capt CM Gibbon
Royal Irish Fusiliers | 1908 | |
| 39. | Hav Malang
56th Punjab Rifles (F.F) | 1908 | |
| 40. | Hav Muhammad Raza
106th Hazara Pioneers | 1909 | |
| 41. | Maj PM Sykes
2nd Dragoon Guards | 1910 | |
| 42. | Capt FG Turner
Royal Engineers | 1910 | |
| 43. | Khan Bhahadur Sher Jung
55th Coke’s Rifles (F.F) | 1910 | |
| 44. | Capt GE Leachman
Royal Sussex Regiment | 1911 | |
| 45. | Jem Gurmukh Singh
93rd Burma Infantry | 1911 | |
| 46. | Capt BEA Pritchard
83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry | 1912 | |
| 47. | Lt AT Wilson, CMG
32nd Sikh Pioneers | 1902 | |
| 48. | L Daffadar Mohibullah
Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (F.F) | 1912 | |
| 49. | Sowar Sirdar Khan
39th King Georg’s own Central India Horse | 1912 | |
| 50. | Capt BN Abbay
27th Light Cavalry | 1913 | |
| 51. | Hav Waratong
Burma Military Police | 1913 | |
| 52. | Capt FM Bailey
32nd Sikh Pioneers | 1914 | |
| 53. | Capt HT Morshead
Royal Engineers | 1914 | |
| 54. | Nk Haidur Ali
106th Hazara Pioneers | 1914 | |
| 55. | Capt FC Waterfield
45th Sikhs | 1915 | |
| 56. | Hav Ali Juma
106th Hazara Pioneers | 1915 | |
| 57. | Nk Abdur Rahman
1st Bn, 21st Punjabis | 1916 | |
| 58. | Hav Zarghun Shah
58th Vaughan’s Rifles (F.F) | 1916 | |
| 59. | Sepoy Mian Afraz Gul
Khyber Rifles | 1917 | |
| 60. | Capt EWC Noel
Royal Artillery | 1918 | |
| 61. | Lt Col EH Keeling MC
Royal Engineers | 1919 | |
| 62. | Jemadar Alla Sa
North-east Frontier Corps | 1919 | |
| 63. | Capt LVS Blacker,
Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides Infantry (F.F) | 1920 | |
| 64. | Hav Awal Nur CQMH
2nd Bn, Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (F.F) | 1920 | |
| 65. | Maj AL Holt OBE
Royal Engineers | 1921 | |
| 66. | Sepoy Sher Ali
106th Hazara Pioneers | 1921 | |
| 67. | Capt Abdul Samad Shah OBE
31st Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers | 1922 | |
| 68. | L-Nk Nur Muhammad
5th Bn, 12th Frontier Force Regiment | 1922 | |
| 69. | Capt JG Bruce
2nd Bn, 6th Gurkha Rifles | 1923 | |
| 70. | Surveyor Hari Singh Thapa
2nd Bn, 5th Gurkha Rifles (F.F) | 1923 | |
| 71. | Head Constable Sohbat
North-west Frontier Police | 1923 | |
| 72. | Hav Rahmat Shah IDSM,
North-west Frontier Corps | 1924 | |
| 73. | Nk Ghulam Hussain
North-west Frontier Corps | 1924 | |
| 74. | Capt CR Spear
5th Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles | 1925 | |
| 75. | Nk Jabbar Khan
5th Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles | 1925 | |
| 76. | Maj CHGH Harvey–Kelly DSO,
4th Bn, 10th Baluch Regiment | 1926 | |
| 77. | Maj MC Lake
4th Bn, 4th Bombay Grenadiers | 1927 | |
| 78. | Capt JF Bowerman
4th Bn, 10th Baluch Regiment | 1928 | |
| 79. | Hav Muhammed Khan
Zhob Levy Corps | 1928 | |
| 80. | Nk Abdul Hanan
North-west Frontier Corps | 1929 | |
| 81. | Daffadar Ghulam Ali
Guides Cavalry (F.F) | 1929 | |
| 82. | Capt JH Green
3rd Bn, 20th Burma Rifles | 1930 | |
| 83. | Capt RL O’Connor
9th Jat Regiment | 1931 | |
| 84. | Nk Khial Badshah
1st Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles | 1931 | |
| 85. | Capt E St J Birnie
Sam Browne’s Cavalry | 1932 | |
| 86. | Rfn Shiv Singh Negi
10th Bn, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles | 1932 | |
| 87. | Hav Abdul Ghaffar
King George’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners | 1933 | |
| 88. | Lt KAP Fergusson
Royal Artillery | 1935 | |
| 89. | Lt TMT Bostock
Royal Engineers | 1935 | |
| 90. | Capt JBP Angwin
Royal Engineers | 1936 | |
| 91. | L Nk Muhammad Ishaq
2nd Bn, 15th Punjab Regiment | 1936 | |
| 92. | Maj FRI Goadby MBE
1st Bn, 6th Rajputana Rifles | 1937 | |
| 93. | Maj AS Lancaster
2nd Bn, 10th Gurkha Rifles | 1938 | |
| 94. | L Nk Mian Badshah
2nd Bn, 13th Frontier Force Rifles | 1938 | |
| 95. | 2 Lt R Hamond
Royal Norfolk Regiment | 1939 | |
| 96. | Capt MWH White MBE
2nd Bn, 9th Gurkha Rifles | 1941 | |
| 97. | Sub Tekbahadur Limbu
Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | 1942 | |
| 98. | Hav Dhirta Singh
4th Bn, 11th Sikh Regiment | 1943 | |
| 99. | Maj Gen Orde Charles DSO
Royal Artillery | 1943 | |
| 100. | Hav Sein U
2nd Bn, Burma Rifles | 1944 | |
| 101. | Maj PA Thomas
Corps of Indian Engineers | 1945 | |
| 102. | Sub MIA Quraishi
Corps of Indian Engineers | 1945 | |
| 103. | Col AS Lancaster CIE OBE,
10th Gurkha Rifles | 1946 | |
| 104. | Maj ZC Bakshi VrC,
2nd Bn, 5th Gorkha Rifles (F.F) | 1949 | |
| 105. | Col IC Katoch MBE,
6th Bn, 5th Gorkha Rifles (F.F) | 1951 | |
| 106. | Capt MS Jarg
3rd Bn, Jat Regiment | 1956 | |
| 107. | 2 Lt IB Goel
Bengal Engineers Group | 1956 | |
| 108. | Capt Vinod Badhwar
5th Bn, 5th Gorkha Rifles (F.F) | 1957 | |
| 109. | Capt SL Tugnait
Air Op Squadron, Regiment of Artillery | 1958 | |
| 110. | Brig ML Whig, MVC FRGS,
2nd Bn, 5th Gorkhas Rifles (F.F) | 1969 | |
| 111. | Maj Prem Chand, VSM
13th Bn, Dogra Regiment | 1970 | |
| 112. | Col CS Nugyal
6th Bn, Sikh Regiment | 1971 | |
| 113. | Capt Ravindra Misra
4th Bn, 3rd Gorkha Rifles | 1972 | |
| 114. | Sub Bel Bahadur Pun
4th Bn, 3rd Gorkha Rifles | 1972 | |
| 115. | Col Narinder Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM (Retd)
Kumaon Regiment | 1978 to 1981 | Presented on 25 Jun 2010 |
| 116. | Sqn Ldr Ram Karan Makkar
127 HU, Indian Air Force | 1986 | |
| 117. | Flt Lt Rana TS Chhina
127 HU, Indian Air Force | 1986 | Presented on 18 Nov 2002 |
| 118. | Lt Col NJ Korgaokar, SM
Garhwal Regiment | 1997 | Presented on 18 Nov 2002 |
| 119. | Wg Cdr Rahul Monga, SC
Indian Air Force | 2007 | Presented on 13 Nov 2015 |
| 120. | Wg Cdr Anil Kumar, SC
Indian Air Force | 2007 | |
| 121. | Cdr Dilip Donde
Indian Navy | 2010 | Presented on 26 Mar 2012 |
| 122. |
Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy Indian Navy |
2013 | Presented on 16 Sep 2016 |
| 123. |
Sanjay Kumar EA (P)Naval HQ |
2019 |
Presented on 08 Mar 2022 |
| 124. |
Sanjeev Kumar Hav/Opr(Now Nb Sub) Indian Army |
2020 |
Presented on 08 Mar 2022 |
| 125. |
MWO Anshu Kumar Tiwari Indian Air Force |
2021 |
Presented on 08 Mar 2022 |
| 126. |
Maj Ajay Kumar Singh Indian Army |
2021 |
Presented on 08 Mar 2022 |
| 127. |
Maj Digvijay Thakur Indian Army |
2022 |
Presented on 08 Nov 2023 |
| 128. |
Wg Cdr Kunal Sharma Indian Air Force |
2022 |
Presented on 08 Nov 2023 |