Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin KCB CMG DSO* (28 October 1873 – 18 July 1951) was a cavalry officer in the British Indian Army.

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 King George V. Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Queen's Cadet in January 1895.

[11] 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.

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".

[18] During the campaign Godwin's brigade had taken part in the advance on Jerusalem, the capture of Damascus and the battle of Aleppo.

[28] 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.