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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 ...
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.
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
On 24 August 1939, the British government, through Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart, head of the British Military mission, made strong representations to Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz, commander-in-chief of the Polish Forces, that the most modern elements of the fleet be evacuated from the Baltic Sea. Although Śmigły-Rydz resisted ...
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The most notable owner of Aghinagh House was Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, VC (May 1880 through June 1963), a renowned figure in British military history. [2] Sir Adrian is buried in the grounds of the church adjacent to Aghinagh House.
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant General and Victoria Cross holder. Rudolph Feilding, Viscount Feilding, Lieutenant-Colonel. Walter Lentaigne, Lieutenant General; George Henry Morris, Lieutenant-Colonel. Edward Noel, Lieutenant-Colonel. Sir Edmund Paston Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet. George Pereira, Brigadier General. Cecil Pereira, Major ...
In 1920 Carton de Wiart was asked to head a government of national unity in which members of the Catholic Party, Liberal Party and Socialist Party governed together while introducing a series of substantial constitutional reforms, including the introduction of one man, one vote rather than plural voting, the payment of members of parliament, and the official abolition of the Garde Civique ...