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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963) This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO Lieutenant Colonel Carton de Wiart during the First World War Birth name Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart Born ...
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A. Anthony Abdy (British Army officer) Hugh Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger; Gilbert Acland-Troyte; William Augustus Adam; Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron; George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury
Carton de Wiart is the surname of a family of the Belgian nobility. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951), 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (1920–1921) Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), British general and cousin of Henry
Major-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (1880–1963) De Wiart came from a well-connected continental family and was appointed by Churchill as head of a military mission en route to Yugoslavia. He was captured when his Wellington aircraft from Malta crash-landed in the sea off the coast of North Africa in April 1941.
It was commanded by British General Adrian Carton De Wiart, who succeeded General Louis Botha. Owing to debates within the British government on its policy towards the new government in Russia, the mission was not staffed or fully utilised when compared to the French mission. [1]: 97–98
C. Colin Callander; Alexander Maurice Cameron; Jock Campbell (British Army officer) Laurence Carr; Harold Carrington; Adrian Carton de Wiart; James Cassels (British Army officer)
Brigadier-General Adrian Carton de Wiart: January – November 1917; Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Glenn: November 1917 (acting) Brigadier-General Edward A. Fagan: November 1917 – October 1918; Brigadier-General E.B. Macnaghten: October 1918 – 1919; Brigadier-General Arthur H. Marindin: November 1919 – November 1923