William Marshall (British Army officer, born 1889)
William Macandrew Marshall (6 February 1889-19 March 1918) was a British Indian Army captain.
Early life[edit]
Marshall was born on 6 February 1889, in Sialkot District, British Raj. He was the son of William Simpson Marshall and Mary Augusta Marshall.[1]
Career[edit]
Marshall was commissioned into the Indian army on 25 January 1908.[1] By 1915, during World War I, he served as the captain of the 37th Dogras regiment, serving in Mesopotamia.[2]
On 1 February 1918, Marshall was stationed in Najaf, a city he would come to administer over the following weeks.[3] Troops were kept out of this religious city.[1] William R. Marshall, British commander-in-chief of Mesopotamia, said he was popular among local inhabitants.[4]
Death[edit]
In the morning of 19 March 1918, a number of Najafis led by Haji Najm al-Baqqal disguised as Shabanah, the British-employed Arab police, entered the citadel of Najaf where they murdered Marshall. This marked the beginning of a Najafi uprising, which would later result in a British siege of the city. The rebels responsible for Mashall's death would surrender in May, after several weeks of resistance.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Captain William MacAndrew Marshall (1889-1918) -..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Life story: William Macandrew Marshall | Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Rutledge, Ian (2015-06-01). "Chapter 15 - Najaf 1918: First Uprising on the Euphrates". Enemy on the Euphrates: The Battle for Iraq, 1914 - 1921. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567674. Search this book on
- ↑ Moberly, James (1927). HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. 4. His Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 137. Search this book on
- ↑ "Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I". qdl.qa. pp. 68, 69, 70.
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