HART REGINALD: (1848-1931) Irish General with the British Army, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Bazar ...

HART REGINALD: (1848-1931) Irish General with the British Army, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan, on 31st January 1879 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. A.L.S., Regd. C. Hart, three pages, 8vo, United Services Club, London, 13th October 1907, to Templeton. Hart thanks his correspondent for a journal which he has found very interesting, further adding 'I hope your O[ld] C[heltonians] dinner was a success. It is only through the energy & zeal of you, two secretaries & Hunter that O.C's keep together at all'. In concluding Hart states that he would like if possible to go to Cheltenham on the 1st November. Rare. Some very minor, small traces of former mounting to the verso of the final page, otherwise VG Hart had been educated at Cheltenham College before being commissioned in the Royal Engineers.