Charles Egerton (Indian Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Army Officer
Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1848
Place of Birth: Birr, Leinster, Ireland
Date of Death: 20-Feb-1921
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Charles Egerton (Indian Army officer)
- Field Marshal Sir Charles Comyn Egerton (10 November 1848 – 20 February 1921) was a senior Indian Army officer from the Egerton family.
- Early in his career he took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Hazara Expedition and operations in the Khyber Pass.
- He went on to command the Bannu column during operations in Waziristan in 1894 and to serve as senior staff officer for the Tochi Expedition in 1897.
- Egerton took command of the troops in British Somaliland fighting the Somalis under Mohammed Abdullah Hassan in June 1903; he had a significant success at Jidbali in January 1904 killing 1,000 of Hassan's men.
- His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding Secunderabad District in 1904 before retiring in 1907.
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