GENERAL IAN S. HAMILTON - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 166868
Price: $180.00
IAN S. HAMILTON
Ink signature on this 3x1 strip
Signature: "Ian Hamilton", 3¼x1 trimmed unevenly. 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. Typed
fragments on verso (show-through). Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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