page_title: Charles Harington (British Army officer, born 1910)
section_title: Late career
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Harington (British Army officer, born 1910) / Late career
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial at Chester Cathedral. Reads "To remember General Sir Charles Harington GCB CBE DSO MC Born 1910 Died 2007. Colonel of the Regiment 1961-1868." Taken as part of Wikipedia Takes Chester This is a photo of listed building number 1376398.
context_page_description: General Sir Charles Henry Pepys Harington, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC was an officer in the British Army. He served in the British Expeditionary Force and in Normandy during World War II. He was later Commander-in-Chief of the three-service Middle East Command from 1963 to 1965, based at Aden. He ended his military career as Chief of Personnel and Logistics at the UK Ministry of Defence from 1968 to 1971.
context_section_description: Harington returned from Aden in 1966 to take up the position of Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He was promoted to general in 1968, and became Chief of Personnel and Logistics at the UK Ministry of Defence.  He was appointed GCB in 1969, and was an Aide-de-camp to the H. M. the Queen from 1969 to 1971.  He retired from the Army in 1971.
  In retirement, Harington was president of the Combined Cadet Force Association from 1971 to 1980 and also from 1972 to 1980 chairman of the Governors of the Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond, for disabled ex-servicemen. He was a vice-president of Battersea Dogs' Home and from 1966 to 1999 president of the Milocarian (Tri-Service) Athletic Club.  He also enjoyed sailing, and was president of the Hurlingham Club for over twenty-five years.
  Harington's wife died in 2000, and he himself died in 2007, to be survived by a son and two daughters.
caption: Memorial to General Sir Charles Harington in Chester Cathedral.
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