General Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart VC

[sam10]

What history has anyone got on General Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart VC.
He was awarded the VC on July 2nd 1916 at La Boiselle,France.
His relation Christopher Fulke Greville and myself made a personal appointment and visited the National War Museum,Chelsea to view the VC,what an honour.
I would like to know of his exploits and the various actions that made this gentleman one of the most remarkable figures in British military history.

[roberthenry]

sam10.
Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart VC who once said "They say the pen is mightier than the sword but I know which one I would rather have" an amazing man.
His autobiography is available at Pen and sword books for £10

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/?product_id=1403

Or you can read quite an accurate account at

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart

[sam10]

Great reading,especially from some of his private papers.

He married secondly Joan Sutherland the daughter of Charlotte Muriel McKechnie,formerly Greville daughter of Major Brooke Southwell Fulke Greville Kings Messenger.
The aristocratic Fulke Greville family are of proud British Army heritage.