Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend

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British Army officer human

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

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Companion of the Order of the Bath → Distinguished Service Order →
birthCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
birthDate	1861-02-21 →
birthPlace	London →
capturedBy	Ottoman Empire →
causeOfDeath	illness →
conflict	Mesopotamian campaign → World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1924-05-18 →
educatedAt	Royal Military College Sandhurst →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Townshend →
father	Charles Thornton Townshend →
givenName	Charles →
hasGender	male →
hasWorkLocation	India → Mesopotamia →
honorificSuffix	CB → DSO →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryStrategyRole	field commander in Mesopotamia →
militaryUnit	12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot → Indian Army units in Mesopotamia → Royal Marine Light Infantry →
mother	Louisa Catherine Townshend →
notableEvent	surrender at Kut-al-Amara in 1916 →
notableFor	siege of Kut →
occupation	military officer → soldier →
participatedIn	siege of Kut →
placeOfDeath	Paris →
positionHeld	commander of the 6th (Poona) Division →
promotedToRank	Major-General →
rank	Major-General →
religion	Anglicanism →
servedIn	North-West Frontier of India → Second Boer War → Sudan campaign →
serviceNumber	British Army officer service (approximate, not specified) →
spouse	Alice Cahen d’Anvers →
wasPrisonerOfWar	true →
yearOfSurrenderAtKut	1916 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) →	commander
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) →	theatreCommander