Charles Godwin Lieutenant - General Sir Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin K . C . B , C . M . G , D . S . O and Bar ( 1873 – 1951 ) , was a cavalry officer in the British Indian Army . He initially joined the Madras Lancers , then transferred to the 23rd Cavalry a frontier force regiment . He fought in operations in India , on the North West Frontier and in the First World War . Commanding Indian cavalry brigades , garrisons and districts . He was also appointed an Aide - de - Camp to the King George V . Career . Early service . Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as a Queen ' s Cadet in January 1895 . Not being attached to any particular regiment , as a junior second - lieutenant , he initially spent time seconded to the Suffolk Regiment and the Welch Regiment in Secunderabad India . He then joined the Madras Lancers in 1895 , but transferred to the 3rd Punjab Cavalry ( later known as the 23rd Punjab Cavalry ( Frontier Force ) ) in 1898 . In April 1897 he was promoted to lieutenant , to captain in April 1904 , and to major in March 1913 . During that time he became the regimental Adjutant in 1900 , assisted in raising the North Waziristan Militia and served in operation on the North West Frontier between 1901 – 190 and during the Mahsud Blockade of 1902 . In 1908 he attended the Indian Army ' s Staff College , Quetta . Graduating the following year he was appointed the Brigade Major for the Meerut Cavalry Brigade in 1911 . Until 1913 , when he became a General Staff officer Grade 2 ( GSO2 ) . First World War . With the outbreak of the First World War Godwin , in December 1914 , returned to being a Brigade Major and his brigade was sent to the Western Front . The following year he returned to the General Staff as GSO1 , with the rank of temporary lieutenant - colonel a position he held until 1917 . In January 1916 , he was promoted to a brevet lieutenant - colonel . In 1917 Godwin was sent to the Middle East to fight in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign , giving command of the British yeomanry 6th Mounted Brigade , with the temporary rank of brigadier - general that September . In December he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ) , The commendation for the award read ; " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty . He attacked and captured an enemy position in the face of heavy shell , machinegun and rifle fire . Later , he directed the attack by his brigade on a strong enemy position , and by his skill and determination contributed largely to the success of the operation " . He was also awarded a bar to the DSO in January 1918 . He was soon after in May 1918 , promoted to brevet colonel but still a temporary brigadier - general . In May 1918 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George , and returned to the General Staff that October . During the campaign Godwin ' s brigade had taken part in the advance on Jerusalem , the capture of Damascus and the battle of Aleppo . Post war . With the end of the war Godwin and his troops remained in Syria attached to North Force until 1920 . He was then once again assigned to the General Staff GSO1 , and reverted to his brevet rank of colonel in February 1920 . However he was promoted to substantive colonel in April that year . He returned to India in January 1921 and , with the rank of colonel commandant , was again given his own command , the 5th Indian Cavalry Brigade and the Secunderabad Garrison . That August he was also appointed as Aide - de - camp to King George V . In December 1923 , he was promoted to major - general , and in December the next year made Major - General Cavalry attached to the Indian Army Headquarters . In April 1924 the King approved Godwin ' s appointment as Colonel of the 11th Prince Albert Victor ' s Own Cavalry ( Frontier Force ) which had been formed in 1921 , by the amalgamation of his old regiment the 23rd Cavalry with the 21st Prince Albert Victor ' s Own Cavalry ( Frontier Force ) ( Daly ' s Horse ) . His next appointment was in January 1927 , was he became the Commandant of the Indian Army ' s Staff College , Quetta . He was given command of the Peshwar District in 1927 , with promotion to lieutenant - general in December 1929 . He was transferred to the unemployed list in December 1930 . For operations on the North West Frontier in between 23 April and 12 September 1930 , he was mentioned in dispatches by the then Commander - in - Chief of the Indian Army Field Marshal William Birdwood . Lieutenant - General Sir C . A . C . Godwin K . C . B , C . M . G , D . S . O , Retired from the army in 1932 .