Major-General Charles Townshend

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British Army officer human military personnel of World War I

Major-General Charles Townshend was a British Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated siege of Kut during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.

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Major-General Charles Townshend canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military personnel of World War I ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1861-02-10 ⓘ
burialPlace United Kingdom ⓘ
capturedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
causeOfNotability command failure at Kut during World War I ⓘ
commanded British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
surface form: 6th (Poona) Division
conflict Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1924-05-18 ⓘ
decoratedWith Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
event surrender of British-Indian garrison at Kut in 1916 ⓘ
familyName Townshend ⓘ
fullName Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasHistoricalReputation controversial ⓘ
heldAs prisoner of war ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
militaryTheater Mesopotamia ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: siege of Kut
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Norwich ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1922 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1920 ⓘ
participatedIn North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier operations

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Sudan campaign
placeOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
servedIn British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: British Indian Army (field command)
serviceNumber British Army officer service (unspecified number) ⓘ
surrenderedAt Kut-al-Amara ⓘ

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Indian Expeditionary Force D → commander → Major-General Charles Townshend ⓘ