Quartermaster Sergeant William Thomas Marshall V.C.

19TH Hussars (Prince of Wales Own)

  • Born 5 December 1854, Newark
  • Died 11 September 1920
  • Buried in Kirkcaldy Cemetery, Fife
  • Gazetted 21st May 1884

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 assistance, seized his hand and dragged him through the enemy back to the Regiment, saving him from certain death.

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