Harold Carrington

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Harold Carrington, (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. He served during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916.

Carrington remained in the army after the war, attending the Staff College, Camberley in 1920. 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. before retiring later that year.