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lieutenant general sir william marshall 23px british army southern army , india 1939 united kingdom united kingdom knight and st george knight commander of the order of the grand bath knight commander of the order of the star of cross india of the order of st michael second boer war first world war 1865 lieutenant general william raine marshall.jpg william marshall -lrb- british army officer -rrb-
 sir william marshall
william marshall -lrb- british army officer -rrb-

lieutenant general sir william raine marshall gcmg , kcb , kcsi -lrb- 1865 -- 1939 -rrb- was a british army officer who in november 1917 succeeded sir frederick stanley maude -lrb- upon the latter 's death from cholera -rrb- as commander-in-chief of the british forces in mesopotamia .
he kept that position until the end of the first world war .
