Harold Carrington
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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| name = Sir Harold Carrington
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| nickname = "Freddy"{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=57}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|11|07|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|09|05|1882|11|07|df=yes}}
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = British Army
| serviceyears = 1901–1941
| rank = Lieutenant General
| servicenumber = 18677
| unit = Royal Field Artillery
Royal Horse Artillery
| commands = Scottish Command
| battles = Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War
| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches
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Lieutenant General Sir Robert Harold Carrington, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|DSO}} (7 November 1882 – 5 September 1964) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Military career
Harold Carrington was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1901; he served in the Second Boer War between 1901 and 1902 and then transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1908.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CARRINGTON1.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives] He served during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916.{{London Gazette|issue=29438|supp=y|page=575|date=14 January 1916}}
Carrington remained in the army after the war, attending the Staff College, Camberley in 1920.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=58}} He then became a General Staff Officer with the 4th Infantry Division, before moving on to become Commander, of Royal Artillery for the division in 1932. In 1936 he became a major general with command of the Royal Artillery at Army Headquarters in India. In 1939 he became Deputy Adjutant General at the War Office and in 1940 he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle: he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1941 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=35029|page=3|date=31 December 1940|supp=y}} before retiring later that year.
Carrington was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1940 to 1950.
Retirement
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|first=Nick|last=Smart|title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War|isbn=1844150496|year=2005|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire|publisher=Pen and Sword Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogTMDwAAQBAJ}}
External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Carrington/Robert_Harold/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War