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- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart abstract "Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."After returning home from service in the Second World War, he was sent to China as Winston Churchill's personal representative. While en route he attended the Cairo Conference.In his memoirs, Carton de Wiart wrote, "Governments may think and say as they like, but force cannot be eliminated, and it is the only real and unanswerable power. We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose." Carton de Wiart was thought to be a model for the character of Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in Evelyn Waugh's trilogy Sword of Honour. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography described him thus: "With his black eyepatch and empty sleeve, Carton de Wiart looked like an elegant pirate, and became a figure of legend."".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Croix_de_guerre_(Belgium).
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Victoria_Cross.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart award Virtuti_Militari.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917).
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Battle_of_Passchendaele.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Battle_of_the_Somme.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Invasion_of_Poland.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Norwegian_Campaign.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Polish–Lithuanian_War.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Polish–Soviet_War.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Polish–Ukrainian_War.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Second_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918).
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Second_Boer_War.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Second_Sino-Japanese_War.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle Somaliland_Campaign.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle World_War_I.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart battle World_War_II.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart birthDate "1880-05-05".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart birthPlace Brussels.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart birthYear "1880".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart deathDate "1963-06-05".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart deathYear "1963".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart militaryCommand "134th (2/1st Hampshire) Brigade".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart militaryCommand "61st Infantry Division".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart restingPlace County_Cork.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart serviceEndYear "1923".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart serviceStartYear "1899".
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart thumbnail Lieutenant_Colonel_Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart.jpg?width=300.
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- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Arras_(1918).
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- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Somme.
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- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Belarus.
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- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink British_Military_Mission_to_Yugoslavia.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink British_Somaliland.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink British_War_Medal.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Brussels.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Budapest.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Burma_Star.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Cairo.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Cairo_Conference.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Cairo_Conference_(1943).
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Cambrai.
- Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).