Charles Harington WW1 Boer War Chanak Crisis Military Leader Hand Signed Letter

chau3167 A vintage 1970s hand signed headed paper document for historic military leader Charles Harington of WW1, Chanak Crisis and the Boer War (see below) with two other signatures to accompany needing research but surely all related which is mounted on card from the former owner in outstanding condition.

Charles Harington (British Army officer, born 1872) 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.   As Commanderin-Chief of the Allied occupation army, based in Constantinople (Dersaadet ??gal Ordular? Ba?kumandan? General Harington in Ottoman Turkish), Harington was instrumental in averting a war between the United Kingdom and pre-republic Turkey.   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.