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General Sir Charles Harington | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Tim" "Harington of Chanak" |
| Born | 31 May 1872 Chichester, England |
| Died | 22 October 1940 (aged 68) Cheltenham, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1892–1938 |
| Rank | General |
| Service number | 23005[1] |
| Unit | King's Regiment (Liverpool) |
| Commands held | Aldershot Command Western Command, India Northern Command |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
| Relations | General Charles Henry Pepys Harington |
| Other work | Governor of Gibraltar General Harington Cup |
General Sir Charles Harington Harington, GCB, GBE, DSO (31 May 1872 – 22 October 1940) was a British Army officer most noted for his service during the First World War and the Chanak Crisis. During his 46 years in the army, Harington served in the Second Boer War, held various staff positions during the First World War, served as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff between 1918 and 1920, commanded the occupation forces in the Black Sea and Turkey, and ultimately became Governor of Gibraltar in 1933.
Respected by his peers and remembered as an "outstanding soldier", Harington served the entirety of the First World War in a staff capacity, most notably as Chief of Staff to General Herbert Plumer, commander of the Second Army, with whom he had a strong mutual understanding.[2][3] As Commander-in-Chief of the Allied occupation army, based in Constantinople (Dersaadet İşgal Orduları Başkumandanı General Harington in Ottoman Turkish), Harington was instrumental in averting a war between the United Kingdom and pre-republic Turkey.[4]
Harington retired in 1938, having been Governor of Gibraltar since May 1933. His association with the British Army in retirement was facilitated by symbolic positions, such as honorary colonel of the regular King's Regiment, its territorial 7th Battalion, and the 4/15th Punjab Regiment.[5]
- ^ "No. 35047". The London Gazette. 17 January 1941. p. 402.
- ^ Bourne, J. M. (2003), Who's Who in World War One, p. 123
- ^ Holmes, Richard (2005), Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914–1918, p. 232
- ^ Wrigley , Chris (2003), A Companion to Early Twentieth-Century Britain, p. 159
- ^ Mills, T.F. (2006), The King's Regiment (Liverpool), regiments.org. Retrieved on 15 January 2008. Archived 28 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine