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|name=William Carmichael Russell<br />
|birth_date=11 August 1824<br />
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|death_date=10 February 1905<br />
|death_place=[[Shirley, Southampton]]<br />
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1842 - 1878<br />
|rank= [[Major-General]]<br />
|branch= {{army|British India|23px}}<br />
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|unit=[[Bengal Army|Bengal Artillery]]<br />
|battles=[[First Anglo-Sikh War]]<br>[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br />
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[[Major-General]] '''William Carmichael Russell''' (1824–1905) was a senior [[Bengal Army|Bengal Artillery]] officer who served in [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at [[Bedford School]]. He received his first commission in the [[Bengal Army|Bengal Artillery]] in June 1842. He served in [[India]] during the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], 1845–1846, and during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]], 1857.<ref>Obituary, ''The Ousel'', Vol.IX, No.264, 28 February 1905, p. 15</ref><br />
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During the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] he fought at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]], 1845, and at the [[Battle of Sobraon]], 1846, and was awarded the [[Sutlej Medal]]. During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] he served under [[James George Smith Neill|Brigadier James Neill]] at [[Allahabad]], and was credited by [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Field Marshal Roberts]] with saving the [[Allahabad]] arsenal from falling into the hands of the mutineers. In 1858, he served in [[Awadh|Oudh]]. He was appointed Commissary of Ordnance for the Army and Inspector of Ordnance and Magazines in [[Bengal]].<ref>Frederick Sleigh Roberts, ''Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief'', London, 1897, {{ISBN|1-402177-42-9}}</ref><br />
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Major General William Carmichael Russell retired in March 1878 and died in [[Shirley, Southampton]] on 10 February 1905.<br />
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