Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall

Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall

Lieutenant General (later Major General) Sir William Raine Marshall (1865-1939), commander of the 87th Brigade; he later wrote about his wartime experiences in Memories of Four Fronts (1929). He took over from General de Lisle as commander of the 29th Division when the latter was appointed temporary commander of the IX Corps following Stopford’s dismissal.

Description: Black and white head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall
Date: 1918
Source: Courtesy of Photos of the Great War