CNN's James MacDonald and journalist Bina Brown contributed to this report.

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Lt James MacDonald of the third Battalion The Parachute Regiment put himself in the firing line to identify a Taliban sharpshooter earlier this year - before leading a team to neutralise the threat.

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The exhibit then moves to Scotland, where its co-organizer, the National Galleries of Scotland, has provided a series of iconic 18th-century Scottish golf portraits, among them a full-length view of the youthful, tartan-clad Sir James and Sir Alexander MacDonald (from around 1749) by William Mosman and a portrait of William Inglis, Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (circa 1790), by Sir Henry Raeburn, the most prominent portraitist of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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"It is sad to see James go but it is a great boost for the club that Stephen is joining, " MacDonald told BBC Sport.

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"He is a different kind of player to James with his power and strength all round the pitch, allied to a very good football brain, " said MacDonald, who was handed temporary charge of the club following Martin O'Neil's shock decision to quit.

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