William Marshall (British Army officer)

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British Army officer general human

William Marshall was a British Army general best known for commanding British forces in Mesopotamia during the later stages of World War I, overseeing operations that led to the capture of Baghdad and the defeat of Ottoman forces in the region.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → general → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Order of the Medjidie →
burialPlace	Brookwood Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
conflict	Second Boer War → Third Anglo-Burmese War → World War I →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1865-10-29 →
dateOfDeath	1939-05-29 →
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
ethnicGroup	English →
followedBy	William Raine Marshall →
genreOfActivity	military leadership →
hasFamilyName	Marshall →
hasGivenName	William →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	General →
notableAchievement	Battle of Baghdad → surface form: "Capture of Baghdad" Defeat of Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia →
notableCommand	13th (Western) Division → III Indian Army Corps →
notableWork	Command of British forces in Mesopotamia in World War I →
occupation	soldier →
partOf	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → surface form: "British Indian Army operations in Mesopotamia"
placeOfBirth	Northallerton →
placeOfDeath	London, England → surface form: "London"
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force →
precededBy	Frederick Stanley Maude →
residence	United Kingdom →
serviceEnd	1920 →
serviceStart	1886 →
sexOrGender	male →
theatreOfOperations	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → surface form: "Mesopotamian campaign" Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →

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