William Sydney Marchant

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name=William Sydney Marchant


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term_start =1939
term_end =1943
predecessor =Francis Noel Ashley
successor =Owen Cyril Noel
birth_date =1894
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death_date =1953
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William Sydney Marchant, 1894 – 1953, was the United Kingdom's Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1939 to 1943. ["WorldStatesmen.org", [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Solomon_Islands.html] ] As commissioner, he directed the evacuation of European settlers from the Solomon Islands prior to the Japanese occupation of the islands during World War II as well as leading the organization of coastwatcher units throughout the islands. [Rentz, "Marines in the Central Solomons", p. 5.] Marchant relocated from this heaquarters at Tulagi to Malaita about two months before the Japanese occupied Tulagi in May, 1942. On Malaita he helped operate a coastwatcher radio relay station in support of the Allied Solomon Islands campaign until the end of his appointment in 1943.

References

;Notes;Books
*cite book
last = Clemens
first = Martin
authorlink = Martin Clemens
year = 2004 (reissue)
chapter =
title = Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story
publisher = Bluejacket Books
location =
id = ISBN 1-59114-124-9
*cite book
last = Feldt
first = Eric Augustus
authorlink = Eric Augustas Feldt
coauthors =
year = 1946 (original text), 1991 (this edition)
chapter =
title = The Coastwatchers
publisher = Penguin Books
location = Victoria, Australia
id = ISBN 0140149260
*cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard
authorlink = Richard B. Frank
year = 1990
title = Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
publisher = Random House
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-394-58875-4
*cite book
last = Horton
first = D. C.
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 1970
chapter =
title = Fire Over the Islands
publisher =
location =
id = ISBN 0589070894
*cite book
last = Lord
first = Walter
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 1977 (Reissue 2006)
chapter =
title = Lonely Vigil; Coastwatchers of the Solomons
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 1-59114-466-3;Web
*cite web
last = Rentz
first = John
authorlink =
coauthors =
date =
year = 1952
month =
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-CSol/USMC-M-CSol-5.html
title = Marines in the Central Solomons
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work =
pages =
publisher = Historical Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
language = English
accessdate = May 30
accessyear = 2006

succession box
before=Francis Noel Ashley
title=Resident Commissioner of the
Solomon Islands Protectorate | years=1939–1943
after=Owen Cyril Noel