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| birth_place = [[Agra]], India<br />
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|death_place= [[Gerrards Cross]] in south [[Buckinghamshire]], UK<br />
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[[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir William George Lawrence Beynon''', [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (5 November 1866 – 9 February 1955) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.{{sfn|The National Archives|2021|p=}}<br />
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==Military career==<br />
{{Main|Operations against the Mahsuds (1917)}}<br />
British forces commanded by Major-General Beynon advanced into Mahsud tribal territory on the 6th.{{sfn|National Army Museum|2021|p=}} {{sfn|Parker-Galbreath|1932|p=}} British forces engaged the Mahsud several days in June.{{sfn|Parker|1917|p=}} On 25 June 1917, hostilities ceased when the Mahsud sued for peace.{{sfn|Parker|1917|p=}} Part of the terms were that the Mahsuds had to hand rifles they had stolen, some of these came into the hands of British troops while they were still there.{{sfn|Parker|1917|p=}} British troops began withdrawing on 12 July.{{sfn|Parker|1917|p=}} The final peace agreement came on 10 August 1917 with a Mahsud ''jirga''.{{sfn|Neiberg|2017|p=}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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'''References''' <br />
*{{cite web|last=The National Archives|authorlink=The National Archives (United Kingdom)|date=2021|url = https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1c6a6a4f-9b65-4daf-9634-ba53d35763e1|title =Beynon Collection: papers of and relating to Maj-Gen Sir Will- iam George Lawrence|publisher = [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]]| accessdate = November 17, 2021 }}<br />
*{{cite web| last=National Army Museum|authorlink=National Army Museum|date=2021|url = https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/north-west-frontier-india|title =The North-West Frontier|publisher = [[National Army Museum]]| accessdate = November 16, 2021 }}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Neiberg|first=Michael S. | authorlink =Michael S. Neiberg| title = World War I|year=2017| publisher = Routledge| isbn=9781351142786}} <small>- Total pages: 628 </small><br />
*{{Cite news|last=Parker|first=Harry|date=20 August 1917|title=Waziristan Campaign 1917|url=http://www.simonpg.com/waziristan3.htm}}<br />
*{{cite web |last=Parker-Galbreath|first=Simon |authorlink=|date=1932|url = http://www.25thlondon.com/waziristan.htm|title =Waziristan Campaign 1917|publisher =| accessdate = November 17, 2021 }}<br />
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