| 词条 | William Hope Meiklejohn |
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|name= William Hope Meiklejohn |death_place= |image=William Hope Meiklejohn.jpg |caption=William Meiklejohn |nickname= |unit= |branch={{army|British India|23px}} |allegiance={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |serviceyears= |rank=Brigadier-General |commands=Malakand Field Force |battles=Siege of Malakand 26 July – 2 August 1897 |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George }} Brigadier-General Sir William Hope Meiklejohn, KCB, CMG ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|k|əl|ˌ|dʒ|ɒ|n}}; 1845 – 1909)[1] was a British military commander of the British Indian Army, who was in charge of the British garrison during the siege of Malakand in 1897. Military careerMeiklejohn was commissioned a second lieutenant on 4 December 1861, promoted to lieutenant on 11 December 1862, captain on 24 May 1871, and major on 1 July 1881. He advanced to senior rank as lieutenant-colonel on 4 December 1887, and was promoted to colonel on 29 August 1893.[2] As colonel, he was in charge of the British garrison during the siege of Malakand in northern India from 26 July to 2 August 1897 and later led a relief force to the besieged fort of Chakdara along with Sir Bindon Blood,[3] fighting against 50,000–100,000 Pashtun tribesmen[4][5] and suffering only 206 casualties. Meiklejohn was later credited for his skills in providing such a victory in dispatches sent to the military government in British India.[6] He was appointed in command of a district in the Bengal Army on 8 December 1898, and posted to Rohilkhand, where he stayed in command until February 1900, when he returned home for a prolonged leave for medical reasons.[7] He was promoted to major-general on 19 March 1900. In April 1901 he was posted to Lucknow, and officiated in command there until late 1902 when the actual commanding officer Sir Alfred Gaselee arrived.[8] Meiklejohn had been appointed in command of the district at Derajat in August 1901,[9] but it appears he did not take up this position as he officiated in Lucknow. FamilyMeiklejohn married, in 1893, Maud Louisa Hamilton Beamish, daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Hamilton Beamish.[10] Notes1. ^Wylly p. 138 2. ^Hart's Army list, 1901 3. ^BBC News Rare British India documents surface retrieved 2 June 2007 4. ^Wilkinson-Latham p. 20 5. ^Gore p. 405 6. ^Dispatches from Major-General G de C Morton, 15 September 1897, cited in The Risings on the North-west Frontier, The Pioneer press, 1898 appendix III 7. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence|day_of_week=Monday |date=12 February 1900 |page_number=11 |issue=36063| }} 8. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Saturday |date=4 October 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36890| }} 9. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Monday |date=5 August 1901 |page_number=8 |issue=36525| }} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Sitter: Lady Meiklejohn, née Maud Louisa Hamilton Beamish ( ).|url=http://lafayette.org.uk/mei2360a.html|publisher=Lafayette Negative Archive}} ReferencesPrinted sources:
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