GENERAL IAN S. HAMILTON - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 166867
Sale Price $162.00
Reg. $180.00
IAN S. HAMILTON
Ink signature above his imprinted address on this 5½x1½ page
Signature: "Ian Hamilton", 5½x1½. Signed in black ink above
his printed London address. Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947)
was a British General who served with distinction in several of Britain's
colonial wars: in India, Burma, Afghanistan, and both Boer Wars, knighted in
1902 for his success in the 2nd Boer War. However, he was assigned
much blame for the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of World War I (1915) and
removed from command, even though he had no part in planning the campaign
and was allotted insufficient men and equipment for the attack. Ironically, as a
military observer with the Japanese Army in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905),
he had seen first hand how modern weaponry would affect military campaigns, but
his recommendations for new strategies and tactics were ignored. Hamilton also
wrote poetry and a novel. In retirement, he worked for Anglo-German friendship,
even after Hitler's rise to power. Paper and adhesive residue (previous
mounting) on verso - show-through affecting signature. Edges ragged. Soiled and
creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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