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Adrian Carton De Wiart
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 61 years ago |
Date of birth | May 5,1880 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Brussels |
Belgium | |
Date of died | June 5,1963 |
Died | County Cork |
Ireland | |
Battles and wars | Second Boer War |
World War I | |
Spouse | Ruth Myrtle Muriel Joan McKechnie |
Job | Soldier |
Army officer | |
Books | Happy Odyssey: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart |
Happy Odyssey | |
Awards | Virtuti Militari |
Croix de guerre | |
Victoria Cross | |
Buri | Killinardish Churchyard, County Cork, Ireland |
Children | Anne Carton De Wiart |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 462378 |
Adrian Carton De Wiart Life story
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO was a British Army officer born of Belgian and Irish parents. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries.