RARE HANDWRITTEN LETTER & SIGNED GENERAL SIR NEVILLE GERALD LYTTELTON-APRIL-1908

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RARE HANDWRITTEN LETTER & SIGNED GENERAL SIR NEVILLE GERALD LYTTELTON-APRIL-1908:
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VERO MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE CONTACT US SHOULD YOU FEEL THIS IMAGE IS ONE THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR PERMISSION SO WE CAN CORRECT THE LISTING AND AVOID FUTURE LISTINGHELLO AGAINHERE IS A RARE ALS HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTER FROM THE LATE GENERAL SIR NEVILLE GERALD LYTTELTON
BRITISH GENERAL; COMMANDER IN CHIEF SOUTH AFRICA; CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFFTHE LETTER IS IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION WITH A FOLD AT THE CENTER
THE LETTER IS FOLDED AND OPENS UP TO 4 SEPARATE PAGESTHE FIRST PAGE HAS AN ADDRESS THAT READS
107, EATON SQUARE, S.W.THE DATE WHICH IS HANDWRITTEN IS FROM --4 APRIL 08 (APRIL 4, 1908)THE LETTER IS ADDRESSED TO MAJOR GENERAL MAY AND SEEMS TO BEGIN WITH \"MY DEAR MAY\"AT THE TOP OF THE LETTER THE COLLECTOR HAS WRITTEN
LYTTELTON--GENERAL SIR NEVILLE LYTTELTON--IN PENCILTHE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER IN PART READS
\"IT IS VERY KIND OF YOU TO OFFER TO PUT ME UP .....
AND GOES ON TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT \'HOSPITALITY\'
HE GOES ON TO SAY...
\"I AM COMING OVER THE NIGHT OF THE 28TH\" AND SAYS HE PROBABLY WILL RETURN ON THE 14TH OF MAY
NOT SURE IF THIS LETTER REFERENCES WHEN HE BECAME COMMANDER AND CHIEF, IRELAND ON MAY 10, 1908 SINCE THE DATES FALL IN THAT TIME FRAME.THE LETTER TALKS ABOUT THE ROYAL HOSPITAL
THE LETTER IS READABLE BUT NEEDS MORE TIME AND MORE RESEARCHHE HAS SIGNED THE LETTER-- GRACIOUSLY (WHAT SEEMS LIKE) NEVILLE LYTTELTON
AFTER HIS NAME IS WRITTEN PTOGENERAL SIR NEVILLE GERALD LYTTELTON GCB, GCV0, PC (OCTOBER 28, 1845--JULY 6, 1931) WAS A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER WHO SERVED AGAINST THE FENIAN RAIDS AND IN THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN WAR, THE MAHDIST WAR AND THE SECOND BOER WAR.LYTTELTON SERVED IN THE SECOND BOER WAR AS COMMANDER OF THE 4TH BRIGADE IN SOUTH AFRICA . HE BECAME GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE 2ND AND 4TH DIVISION AND INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP , THE BATTLE OF VAAL KRANTZ AND THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE FIELD LORD ROBERTS IN HIS DESPATCH REFERRED TO LYTTELTON AS AN OFFICER \"WITH GREAT COOLNESS UNDER FIRE AND CONSIDERABLE TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE...AN EXCELLENT COMMANDER IN THE FIELD.HE BECAME COMMANDER IN CHIEF, SOUTH AFRICA IN 1902 AND SOUGHT TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH THE BOER COMMUNITY.HE WAS CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF AT THE TIME OF THE HALDANE REFORMS AND THEN BECAME COMMANDER IN CHIEF, IRELAND.LYTTELTON MOVED ON TO BECOME COMMANDER IN CHIEF, IRELAND ON MAY 10, 1908.
HE TOOK PART BOTH IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF KING EDWARD VII IN MAY 1910 AND THE CORONATION PROCESSION FOR KING GEORGE V IN JUNE 1911.HE WAS APPOINTED KNIGHTED GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER ON JULY 12, 1911 AND RETIRED ON AUGUST 10, 1912.THE ALS IS HAND WRITTEN AND SIGNED
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OVERALL NICE --HAS SOME TONING AND ALSO A SMALL HOLE ON THE FRONT PAGE NEAR MARGIN
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