Major-General William Carmichael Russell (1824–1905) was a senior

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officer who served in India.

Biography

Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at

Bedford School :''Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Girls' School, Bedford High School, Bedford Modern School, Old Bedford School in Bedford, Texas or Bedford Academy in Bedford, Nova Scotia.'' Bedford School is a public school (English indep ...

. He received his first commission in the

in June 1842. He served in India during the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845–1846, and during the

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, 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

he served under Brigadier James Neill at

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, and was credited by Field Marshal Roberts with saving the

arsenal from falling into the hands of the mutineers. In 1858, he served in Oudh. He was appointed Commissary of Ordnance for the Army and Inspector of Ordnance and Magazines in Bengal.Frederick Sleigh Roberts, ''Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief'', London, 1897, Major General William Carmichael Russell retired in March 1878 and died in

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on 10 February 1905.

References

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