Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr, CB, DSO, OBE (14 April 1886 – 15 April 1954) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Laurence Carr | |
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 Carr in 1942 | |
| Born | 14 April 1886 |
| Died | 15 April 1954 (aged 68) Surrey, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Service years | 1904–1944 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Service number | 3469 |
| Unit | Gordon Highlanders |
| Commands | Eastern Command (1941–1942) I Corps (1940–1941) 2nd Infantry Brigade (1936–1938) |
Conflicts | 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 |
Military career
editLaurence Carr was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1904.[1] He served in the First World War in France and Belgium.[1] After the war he attended the Staff College, Camberley, and was deployed to India in 1920.[1] He then held an appointment as GSO2 with Eastern Command, India, which he relinquished in January 1923 in order to take up a new position as an instructor, graded as a GSO2, at the Staff College, Quetta, the following month.[2]
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.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in 1941.[1] His last appointment was as Senior Military Assistant to the Ministry of Supply in 1942; he retired in 1944.[1]
Family
editCarr was married to Elizabeth Montgomery Carr.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ "No. 32824". The London Gazette. 18 May 1923. p. 3531.
- ↑ Letters to his wife
Bibliography
edit- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.