For other people named William Beynon, see William Beynon (disambiguation).

Major-General Sir William George Lawrence Beynon, KCIE, CB, DSO (5 November 1866 – 9 February 1955) was a British Indian Army officer.[1]

Military career

Main article: Operations against the Mahsuds (1917)

British forces commanded by Major-General Beynon advanced into Mahsud tribal territory on the 6th.[2] [3] British forces engaged the Mahsud several days in June.[4] On 25 June 1917, hostilities ceased when the Mahsud sued for peace.[4] Part of the terms were that the Mahsuds had to hand rifles they had stolen, some of these came into the hands of British troops while they were still there.[4] British troops began withdrawing on 12 July.[4] The final peace agreement came on 10 August 1917 with a Mahsud jirga.[5]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ The National Archives 2021.
  2. ^ National Army Museum 2021.
  3. ^ Parker-Galbreath 1932.
  4. ^ a b c d Parker 1917.
  5. ^ Neiberg 2017.

References


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beynon_(Indian_Army_officer)
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