About Laurence Carr
Lived 1886 – 1954 (aged 68). Laurence Carr was a British military officer.
Lieutenant-General Laurence Carr, (14 April 1886 – 15 April 1954) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Military career Laurence Carr was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1904. He served in the First World War in France and Belgium.
From 1931 Carr was a General Staff Officer at the War Office. He moved on to join the staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1934.
Carr also served in the Second World War, 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.
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Who was Laurence Carr?
British Army general (1886–1954)
When was Laurence Carr born?
Laurence Carr was born on 14 April 1886.
When did Laurence Carr die?
Laurence Carr died on 15 April 1954 in Surrey.
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Laurence Carr was a military officer.
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Laurence Carr was British.
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