Charles Henry Pepys Harington
| Charles Henry Pepys Harington | |
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| Born | 1910 Tunbridge Wells |
| Died | 13 February 2007 (aged 96–97) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1930–1971 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 1st Bn Manchester Regiment 1st Bn Parachute Regiment 49th Infantry Brigade School of Infantry 3rd Division Staff College, Camberley Middle East Command |
| Battles/wars |
Second World War Mau Mau Uprising Aden Emergency |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
General Sir Charles Henry Pepys Harington, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC (1910 – 13 February 2007) was an officer in the British Army. He served in the British Expeditionary Force and in Normandy in the Second World War. He was later Commander-in-Chief of the three-service Middle East Command from 1963 to 1965, based at Aden. He ended his Army career as Chief of Personnel and Logistics at the UK Ministry of Defence from 1968 to 1971.
Harington was born in Tunbridge Wells, into a military family. He was related to General Sir Charles Harington Harington, the commander in Constantinople in 1922 during the Chanak crisis. His father, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Hastings Harington, an officer in the Indian Army, was killed in Mesopotamia in 1916, and Harington and his two sisters were raised by their widowed mother.
He was educated at Malvern College and Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in 1930. He excelled at athletics, holding the Army record for the 440 yard hurdles and competing for the Army against the other services. He was captain of the 2nd Battalion's athletics team, winning the Army Inter-Unit Team Athletic Championship in 1937, 1938 and 1939. He was the adjutant of the 2nd Battalion from 1936 to 1939.
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