serviceyears branch commands relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1867 -- 1907 british india 23px bannu madras command column frontier district british troops in british somaliland grey egerton baronets christchurch , hampshire 20 february 1921 parsonstown , ireland united kingdom knight distinguished service order grand cross of the order of the bath second anglo-afghan war hazara expedition tochi expedition 10 november 1848 field marshal charles egerton -lrb- indian army officer -rrb-
 sir charles egerton
charles egerton -lrb- indian army officer -rrb-

field marshal sir charles comyn egerton -lrb- 10 november 1848 -- 20 february 1921 -rrb- 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 .
