Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend KCB, DSO (21 February 1861 – 18 May 1924) was a British Indian Army officer who led the ultimately disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during World War I, and was later elected to Parliament.
Read more about Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend: Background and Pre-war Life, Mesopotamian Campaign, Siege of Kut, Post-war
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