WILLIAM THOMAS MARSHALL VC

BORN: 5th December 1854, Newark, Nottinghamshire.

SERVED: 19^th Hussars (Prince of Wales Own)

He was 29 years old, and a Quartermaster-Sergeant in the 19th Hussars, British Army, during the Mahdist War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

He later became Quartermaster and Captain in the 19th Hussars. In 1905, as a Major, he became Camp Quartermaster of Aldershot. He retired in 1907. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.

DATE OF GAZETTE: 21th May 1884

V.C. CITATION: On 29th February 1884, at El Teb, Sudan, the Commanding Officer Lt Col Percy Burrow was severely wounded; his horse was killed and he was surrounded on the ground by the enemy; Quartermaster Sergeant Marshall rode to his assistance, seized his hand and dragged him through the enemy back to the Regiment, saving him from certain death.

DIED: 11^th September 1920

BURIED: Kirkcaldy Cemetery, Fife, Scotland.

Members of the Light Dragoons Regimental Association (Scottish Branch) hold an annual reunion and, during the day, they attend a ceremony in memory of Lt. Col. Marshall.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.