William Thomas Marshall Explained

William Thomas Marshall
Birth Date:5 December 1854
Death Date:11 September 1920 (aged 65)
Birth Place:Newark, Nottinghamshire
Death Place:Kirkcaldy, Fife
Placeofburial:Bennochy Road Cemetery, Kirkcaldy
Serviceyears:1873–1907
Rank:Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:19th Hussars
Battles:1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
Second Boer War
Awards:Victoria Cross

Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Marshall VC (5 December 1854 – 11 September 1920) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Marshall was 29 years old, and a quartermaster-sergeant in the 19th Hussars, British Army during the Mahdist War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

He became quartermaster in the regiment on 20 January 1885, and was promoted to Honorary captain on 20 January 1895. In 1902 he was acting quartermaster of the 2nd Provisional Regiment of Dragoons. In 1905, as a major, he became Camp Quartermaster of Aldershot. He retired in 1907. In 1918 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel.

His Victoria Cross is displayed in The Light Dragoons (15th/19th King's Royal Hussars) Museum Collection at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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