Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘David was the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Macdonald. He had four brothers and two sisters. His father was a Procurator in Inverness. The family lived at Blarour, Spean Bridge, Inverness shire which had a private chapel where Mass was said, occasionally, by special permission of the Bishop. Later, they moved to Hilton House, Inverness.
David was educated at Ampleforth and Matriculated in 1930. He graduated with a 2nd in History in 1933. He was a Major in the 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers when he was killed on the Dutch border on February 16th 1945. He is buried in the Milsbeek War Cemetery Plot I. A. 3.
His obituary notice in The Times said “aged 34 eldest son of the late Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Macdonald, Hilton House, Inverness and brother of Ranald, Charles, Allan and Andrew Macdonald, Elizabeth Barnicot and Rachel O’Malley, 10 Royal Mansions, Henley-on-Thames.” [Rachel O’Malley’s husband, Derek Keppel Coleridge O’Malley had been killed on September 4th 1940. He was up at Christ Church in the year before David.]'