General Townshend

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:artillery
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Royal_Flying_Corps
gptkb:Indian_Army
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps
gptkb:military
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birth_date 1869-02-21
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Marylebone_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:British_forces_in_Mesopotamia
6th Indian Division
gptkbp:death_date 1924-06-18
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Siege_of_Kut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Townshend
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Dujaila
gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkb:Battle_of_Ctesiphon
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:military_strategy
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:nickname Townshend of Kut
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Kut
gptkbp:place_of_birth Ballymoney, Ireland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Sir_John_Nixon
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Indian_Army
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Afghan_War
Mesopotamian Campaign
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1888-1924
gptkbp:spouse Ethel Townshend
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Sir_William_Marshall
gptkbp:wrote The Siege of Kut
The Story of the 6th Indian Division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tigris_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5