Captain (Acting Major) William Macandrew Marshall, 37th Dogras, Indian Army and Indian Political Department. Elder son of Colonel William Simpson Marshall (late 37th Dogras, Indian Army and commanding the 2nd Battalion Jersey Militia) and Mary Augusta Marshall of Langford, Jersey and later Villa Regina, Vue Pietra Kritta, Menton, France. Baptised in the Holy Trinity Church, Sialkot, Bengal, India (now Punjab, Pakistan). Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Indian Army (unattached list) as a 2nd Lieutenant on 25 Jan 1908. Spent his probationary year with a British Regiment in India. Promoted to Lieutenant on 25 Apr 1910, to Captain on 1 Sep 1915. Qualified as 1st Class Interpreter in Persian Jan 1912.
His Regiment was stationed at Jhelum, India (now Punjab, Pakistan) when WW1 started. They were mobilised and deployed to Mesopotamia, landing in Basra on 8 Dec 1915. The Regiment was in action against Turkish forces at the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916), at the Battle of the Wadi (13 Jan 1916), and on 21 Jan 1916 at the Battle of Hanna, all failed attempts to break through the Turkish defences and relieve the British troops beseiged at Kut. He was appointed Assistant Political Officer, Neget, Mesopotamia during the campaign. Appointed political officer in Ledjef (troops were kept out of this religious city) and was murdered by local dissidents on 19 Mar 1918 aged 29 years. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was buried in Baghdad War Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque for 37th, 38th and 41st Dogras in All Saints Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/236137/) and on the Halkett Place Primary School Memorial, Jersey (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10125), on the Elizabeth College WW1 Memorial Board and Roll of Honour in Elizabeth College, La Grange, Guernsey (see: http://www.greatwarci.net/memorials/guernsey/other/ec-roh.htm) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
His brother, Lieutenant Douglas Cargill Marshall, 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in Gallipoli on 28 Jun 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Cenotaph here
His Regiment was stationed at Jhelum, India (now Punjab, Pakistan) when WW1 started. They were mobilised and deployed to Mesopotamia, landing in Basra on 8 Dec 1915. The Regiment was in action against Turkish forces at the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916), at the Battle of the Wadi (13 Jan 1916), and on 21 Jan 1916 at the Battle of Hanna, all failed attempts to break through the Turkish defences and relieve the British troops beseiged at Kut. He was appointed Assistant Political Officer, Neget, Mesopotamia during the campaign. Appointed political officer in Ledjef (troops were kept out of this religious city) and was murdered by local dissidents on 19 Mar 1918 aged 29 years. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was buried in Baghdad War Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque for 37th, 38th and 41st Dogras in All Saints Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/236137/) and on the Halkett Place Primary School Memorial, Jersey (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10125), on the Elizabeth College WW1 Memorial Board and Roll of Honour in Elizabeth College, La Grange, Guernsey (see: http://www.greatwarci.net/memorials/guernsey/other/ec-roh.htm) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
His brother, Lieutenant Douglas Cargill Marshall, 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in Gallipoli on 28 Jun 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Cenotaph here
Captain (Acting Major) William Macandrew Marshall, 37th Dogras, Indian Army and Indian Political Department. Elder son of Colonel William Simpson Marshall (late 37th Dogras, Indian Army and commanding the 2nd Battalion Jersey Militia) and Mary Augusta Marshall of Langford, Jersey and later Villa Regina, Vue Pietra Kritta, Menton, France. Baptised in the Holy Trinity Church, Sialkot, Bengal, India (now Punjab, Pakistan). Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Indian Army (unattached list) as a 2nd Lieutenant on 25 Jan 1908. Spent his probationary year with a British Regiment in India. Promoted to Lieutenant on 25 Apr 1910, to Captain on 1 Sep 1915. Qualified as 1st Class Interpreter in Persian Jan 1912.
His Regiment was stationed at Jhelum, India (now Punjab, Pakistan) when WW1 started. They were mobilised and deployed to Mesopotamia, landing in Basra on 8 Dec 1915. The Regiment was in action against Turkish forces at the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916), at the Battle of the Wadi (13 Jan 1916), and on 21 Jan 1916 at the Battle of Hanna, all failed attempts to break through the Turkish defences and relieve the British troops beseiged at Kut. He was appointed Assistant Political Officer, Neget, Mesopotamia during the campaign. Appointed political officer in Ledjef (troops were kept out of this religious city) and was murdered by local dissidents on 19 Mar 1918 aged 29 years. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was buried in Baghdad War Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque for 37th, 38th and 41st Dogras in All Saints Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/236137/) and on the Halkett Place Primary School Memorial, Jersey (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10125), on the Elizabeth College WW1 Memorial Board and Roll of Honour in Elizabeth College, La Grange, Guernsey (see: http://www.greatwarci.net/memorials/guernsey/other/ec-roh.htm) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
His brother, Lieutenant Douglas Cargill Marshall, 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in Gallipoli on 28 Jun 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Cenotaph here
His Regiment was stationed at Jhelum, India (now Punjab, Pakistan) when WW1 started. They were mobilised and deployed to Mesopotamia, landing in Basra on 8 Dec 1915. The Regiment was in action against Turkish forces at the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916), at the Battle of the Wadi (13 Jan 1916), and on 21 Jan 1916 at the Battle of Hanna, all failed attempts to break through the Turkish defences and relieve the British troops beseiged at Kut. He was appointed Assistant Political Officer, Neget, Mesopotamia during the campaign. Appointed political officer in Ledjef (troops were kept out of this religious city) and was murdered by local dissidents on 19 Mar 1918 aged 29 years. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was buried in Baghdad War Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque for 37th, 38th and 41st Dogras in All Saints Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/236137/) and on the Halkett Place Primary School Memorial, Jersey (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10125), on the Elizabeth College WW1 Memorial Board and Roll of Honour in Elizabeth College, La Grange, Guernsey (see: http://www.greatwarci.net/memorials/guernsey/other/ec-roh.htm) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
His brother, Lieutenant Douglas Cargill Marshall, 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in Gallipoli on 28 Jun 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Cenotaph here
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