Education
Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at Bedford School.
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Career
He received his first commission in the Bengal Artillery in June 1842. 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.
