Arms and Armour

Charles Townshend (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (21 February 1861 – 18 May 1924) was a British marine and later soldier who led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia during World War I. His troops were besieged and captured at the Siege of Kut (December 1915 – April 1916), which historian Christopher Catherwood called "the worst defeat of the Allies in World War I". Controversially and in contrast to the miserable captivity endured by his men, Townshend was held on Prinkipo, where he was treated like an esteemed guest until his release in October 1918. He was briefly a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1920 to 1922.

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• ▸Fortress church
• ▸Giovanni Battista Piranesi
• ▸Dane axe

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