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William Marshall Fordham

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William Marshall Fordham
Born9 August 1875
Died9 December 1959
Felixstowe
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Indian Army
Years of service1897 - 1932
RankBrigadier
Battles / warsBoxer Rebellion, First World War
AwardsCB, CBE

Brigadier William Marshall Fordham CB CBE (1875-1959) was a senior British Indian Army officer during the First World War.

Biography

Born on 9 August 1875, William Marshall Fordham was educated at Bedford School, between 1887 and 1893, and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served on the North West Frontier, between 1897 and 1898, in China during the Boxer Rebellion, in 1900, during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, and in Waziristan, between 1922 and 1923. He was Aide-de-camp to King George V, between 1930 and 1932, and Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, in Abbottabad, India, between 1928 and 1932. He retired from the British Indian Army in 1932.[1]

Brigadier General William Marshall Fordham was invested as a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in 1924, and as a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1928. He died in Felixstowe on 9 December 1959.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Who's Who".
  2. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32940/page/4300/data.pdf
  3. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33390/supplement/3848/data.pdf

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