William Hicks (British soldier)
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| Born | 1830 |
| Died | 5 November 1883 (aged 53) El Obeid, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom / British Empire.svg){kind=small} Khedivate of Egypt
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| Service/branch |
British Army Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1849 – 1883 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars |
Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
Indian Rebellion of 1857
1868 Expedition to Abyssinia
1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
Colonel William Hicks (also known as Hicks Pasha, 1830–1883), British soldier, entered the Bombay Army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859.
In 1861 he became captain, and in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867–1868 was a brigade major, being again mentioned in despatches and given a brevet majority. He retired with the honorary rank of colonel in 1880.
After the close of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, he entered the Khedive's service and was made a Pasha. In 1881, Sudan was controlled by Egypt; Muhammad Ahmad proclaimed himself Mahdi and began conquering neighboring territory and thus threatening the precarious Egyptian control of the territory. Early in 1883 he went to Khartoum as chief of the staff of the army there, then commanded by Suliman Niazi Pasha. Camp was formed at Omdurman and a new force of some 8000 fighting men collected—mostly recruited from the fellahin of Arabi's disbanded troops, sent in chains from Egypt. After a month's vigorous drilling Hicks led 5000 of his men against an equal force of dervishes in Sennar, whom he defeated, and cleared the country between the towns of Sennar and Khartoum of rebels.
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