Laurence Carr

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Laurence Carr
Born	14 April 1886
Died	1954 (aged 67 or 68)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	2nd Infantry Brigade I Corps Eastern Command
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Laurence Carr CB OBE DSO (14 April 1886-1954) was a British Army General during World War II.

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

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Harold Alexander	GOC I Corps 1940 – 1941	Succeeded by Sir Henry Willcox
Preceded by Sir Guy Williams	GOC-in-C Eastern Command 1941–1942	Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Anderson

Persondata
Name	Carr, Laurence
Alternative names
Short description	British Army general
Date of birth	14 April 1886
Place of birth
Date of death	1954
Place of death

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