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William Carmichael Russell
Major-General William Carmichael Russell (1824–1905) was a senior Bengal Army, Bengal Artillery officer who served in India. Biography Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission in the Bengal Army, Bengal Artillery in June 1842. He served in India during the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845–1846, and during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny, 1857. During the First Anglo-Sikh War he fought at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845, and at the Battle of Sobraon, 1846, and was awarded the Sutlej Medal. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny he served under James George Smith Neill, Brigadier James Neill at Allahabad, and was credited by Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Field Marshal Roberts with saving the Allahabad arsenal from falling into the hands of the mutineers. In 1858, he served in Awadh, Oudh. He was appointed Commissary of Ordnance for the Army and Inspector of Ordnance and Magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley, Southampton
Shirley is a broad district and a former village on the western side of Southampton, England. Shirley's main roles are retailing and residential. It is the most important suburban shopping area in the west of the city. Housing is a mixture of council houses in the centre of the district surrounded by private housing, with larger suburban houses concentrated in Upper Shirley. Shirley is separated from Highfield by Southampton Common, a large green public space. History The place-name Shirley commonly means "bright clearing", from the Old English very similarly pronounced ''scir'' (bright) and ''leah'' (cleared land in a wood). Shirley is recorded as a manor with a mill in the Domesday Book; the mill standing to the west of the present Romsey Road/Winchester Road junction, at the confluence of the Hollybrook and Tanner's Brook streams. Shirley Mill had three large ponds, to the north of Winchester Road. One of the three mill ponds remains today, accessed by following the Lordswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
