William Hope Meiklejohn
| William Hope Meiklejohn | |
|---|---|
 William Meiklejohn | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands held | Malakand Field Force |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Malakand 26 July – 2 August 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 India from 26 July to 2 August 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]
In 1893, Meiklejohn married Maud Beamish, daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Hamilton Beamish. [6]
In August 1901, then Major-General Meiklejohn was posted at Lucknow, in British India, and appointed in command of the district at Derajat.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Wylly p. 138
- ↑ BBC News Rare British India documents surface retrieved 2 June 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
- ↑ "Sitter: Lady Meiklejohn, née Maud Louisa Hamilton Beamish ( ).". Lafayette Negative Archive.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 5 August 1901. (36525), p. 8.
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 0-85045-275-9
- Wylly, Harold C. From the Black Mountain to Waziristan, 1912
Websites:
- BBC News Rare British India documents surface retrieved 2 June 2007