Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at
Bedford School. He received his first commission in the
Bengal Artillery in June 1842. He served in
India during the
First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845–1846, and during the
Indian Mutiny, 1857. 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 Mutiny he served under
Brigadier James Neill at
Allahabad, and was credited by
Field Marshal Roberts with saving the
Allahabad arsenal from falling into the hands of the mutineers. In 1858, he served in
Oudh. He was appointed Commissary of Ordnance for the Army and Inspector of Ordnance and Magazines in
Bengal. Major General William Carmichael Russell retired in March 1878 and died in
Shirley, Southampton on 10 February 1905. ==References==