Allegiance United Kingdom Name William Fordham Rank Brigadier | Years of service 1897 - 1932 | |
Died 9 December 1959
Felixstowe Battles/wars Boxer Rebellion, First World War | ||
Service/branch British Indian Army | ||
Brigadier William Marshall Fordham CB CBE (1875-1959) was a senior British Indian Army officer during the First World War.
Born on 9 August 1875, William Marshall Fordham was educated at Bedford School, between 1887 and 1893, and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served on the North West Frontier, between 1897 and 1898, in China during the Boxer Rebellion, in 1900, during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, and in Waziristan, between 1922 and 1923. He was Aide-de-camp to King George V, between 1930 and 1932, and Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, in Abbottabad, India, between 1928 and 1932. He retired from the British Indian Army in 1932.
Fordham was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1924 and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1928. He died in Felixstowe on 9 December 1959.