Laurence Carr
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Military career
Laurence Carr was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1915.[1]
He served in World War I in France and Belgium.[1] After the War he was deployed to India in 1920.[1] From 1931 he was a General Staff Officer at the War Office moving on to join the staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1934.[1] He was appointed Commander 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1936 and deployed to Palestine and then became Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1938.[1]
He also served in World War II 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
He was married to Elizabeth Montgomery Carr.[2]
References
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| Preceded by | GOC I Corps 1940 – 1941 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Willcox |
| Preceded by | GOC-in-C Eastern Command 1941–1942 |
Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Anderson |
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