General Sir Charles Townshend

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Indian_Army
gptkb:Indian_Army
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birth_date 1861-02-21
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Ballyliffin,_County_Donegal,_Ireland
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Wellingborough
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:commanded 6th Indian Division
gptkbp:death_date 1924-12-31
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:British_aristocracy
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Sir Charles Townshend
gptkbp:influenced_by British military tradition
Victorian military reforms
gptkbp:known_for Leadership during World War I
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Afghan_War
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Ctesiphon
gptkb:Siege_of_Kut
gptkbp:notable_work Defensive tactics at Kut
Military strategy in Mesopotamia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Sir_John_Nixon
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Colonel
gptkb:General
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend
gptkb:Townshend_family
gptkb:Townshend_Acts
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1880-1924
gptkbp:spouse Lady Townshend
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Sir_William_Marshall
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Kut_al-Amara
gptkb:Battle_of_Kut
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5