Laurence Carr

Laurence Carr
Laurence Carr
Born	14 April 1886
Died	15 April 1954 (aged 68); Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1904–1944
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Gordon Highlanders
Commands	2nd Infantry Brigade; I Corps; Eastern Command
Battles / wars	World War I; Arab revolt in Palestine; World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order; Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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

Military career

Laurence Carr was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1904.^[1] He served in World War I in France and Belgium.^[1] After the War he attended the Staff College, Camberley and 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]

He was married to Elizabeth Montgomery Carr.^[2]

Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

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