Laurence Carr
British Army general (1886–1954)
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::summary British Army general (1886–1954) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Lieutenant-General |
| name | Laurence Carr |
| honorific_suffix | |
| image | Laurence Carr.jpg |
| caption | Carr in 1942 |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Surrey, England |
| allegiance | United Kingdom |
| branch | British Army |
| serviceyears | 1904–1944 |
| rank | Lieutenant-General |
| servicenumber | 3469 |
| unit | Gordon Highlanders |
| commands | Eastern Command (1941–1942) |
| I Corps (1940–1941) | |
| 2nd Infantry Brigade (1936–1938) | |
| battles | First World War |
| Arab revolt in Palestine | |
| Second World War | |
| awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Distinguished Service Order | |
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire | |
| Mentioned in Despatches | |
| :: |
|honorific_prefix = Lieutenant-General |name= Laurence Carr |honorific_suffix = |image= Laurence Carr.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Carr in 1942 |nickname= |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= Surrey, England |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Army |serviceyears= 1904–1944 |rank= Lieutenant-General |servicenumber= 3469 |unit= Gordon Highlanders |commands= Eastern Command (1941–1942) I Corps (1940–1941) 2nd Infantry Brigade (1936–1938) |battles= First World War Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches |relations= |laterwork= Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr, (14 April 1886 – 15 April 1954) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Military career
Laurence Carr was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1904. He served in the First World War in France and Belgium.
From 1931 Carr was a General Staff Officer at the War Office. He moved on to join the staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1934. He was appointed commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1936 and deployed to Palestine and then became Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1938.
Carr also served in the Second World War, initially as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff and then as General Officer Commanding I Corps, which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force, deployed to France and Belgium in 1940. He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in 1941. His last appointment was as Senior Military Assistant to the Ministry of Supply in 1942; he retired in 1944.
Family
Carr was married to Elizabeth Montgomery Carr.
References
Bibliography
References
- [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CARR1.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
- (18 May 1923)
- [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/21/361.htm Letters to his wife]
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