William Hope Meiklejohn
William Hope Meiklejohn | |
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 William Meiklejohn | |
| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | Malakand Field Force |
| Battles / wars | Siege of Malakand July 26 - August 2 1897 |
| Awards | Companion in The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Order of St Michael and St George |
Brigadier-General William Hope Meiklejohn CB CMG[1] was a British military commander who, as a colonel, was in charge of the British garrison during the siege of Malakand in northern Pakistan from July 26 to August 2 1897, and who later led a relief force to the besieged fort of Chakdara along with Sir Bindon Blood,[2] fighting against 50,000-100,000 Pashtun tribesmen[3][4] and suffering only 206 casualties. Meiklejohn was later credited for his skills in providing such a victory in dispatches sent to the military government in British India.[5]
Notes
- ^ Wylly p. 138
- ^ BBC News Rare British India documents surface retrieved June 2 2007
- ^ Wilkinson-Latham p. 20
- ^ Gore p. 405
- ^ Dispatches from Major-General G de C Morton, 15 September 1897, cited in The Risings on the North-west Frontier, The Pioneer press, 1898 appendix III
References
Printed sources:
- Gore, Surgeon General at Nowshera, for The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, 1898
- Wilkinson-Latham, Robert North-west Frontier 1837-1947, 1977 ISBN 0850452759
- Wylly, Harold C. From the Black Mountain to Waziristan, 1912
Websites:
- BBC News Rare British India documents surface retrieved June 2 2007
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