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.

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Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend canonical 6

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 ⓘ
birthDate 1861-02-21 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
capturedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
conflict Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1924-05-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
surface form: 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 Expeditionary Force D ⓘ
surface form: Indian Army units in Mesopotamia

Royal Marines ⓘ
surface form: Royal Marine Light Infantry
mother Louisa Catherine Townshend ⓘ
notableEvent surrender at Kut-al-Amara in 1916 ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: siege of Kut
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: siege of Kut
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
promotedToRank Major-General ⓘ
rank Major-General ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
servedIn North-West Frontier region ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier of India

Second Boer War ⓘ
Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Sudan campaign
serviceNumber British Army officer service (approximate, not specified) ⓘ
spouse Alice Cahen d’Anvers ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar true ⓘ
yearOfSurrenderAtKut 1916 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → theatreCommander → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → commander → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Battle of Kut → commanderForBritishSide → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Charles Thornton Townshend → child → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Louisa Catherine Townshend → child → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Major-General Charles Townshend → fullName → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Townshend