Adrian Carton de Wiart
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1880-1963) · United Kingdom · Died at 83
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Something wrong?Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries.
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Carton de Wiart as a lieutenant with the 4th Dragoon Guards at Muttra in September 1904
Painting by Sir William Orpen, 1919 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Adrian Carton de Wiart during World War II, photographed by Cecil Beaton
British soldiers on the quay at Namsos awaiting evacuation from Norway. On the left is Major General Carton de Wiart.
Carton de Wiart in the Cairo Conference, behind Soong Mei-ling on the right. From left to right: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soong Mei-ling. Back row, Chinese Generals Chang Chen and Ling Wei; American Generals Somervell, Stilwell and Arnold; and senior British officers, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.
Carton de Wiart in Cairo, 1943.
Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Mountbatten with General Chiang Kai-Shek (left) and Dr T V Soong (right). In the background are Captain R V Brockman, Lt Gen F A M Browning and General Carton de Wiart VC at Chongqing.Awards
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Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, groin, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. He was also blinded in his left eye, survived two plane crashes, tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp, and ripped off his own severely injured fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war."
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