Charles W. H. Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles W. H. Douglas

Army officer

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1850

Place of Birth: Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1914

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, (17 July 1850 – 25 October 1914) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the First Boer War, the Suakin Expedition, the Second Boer War and the First World War.
He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first three months of the First World War but died from strain and overwork without having any meaningful influence on the outcome of the war.