George Glas Sandeman Carey

Major-General George Glas Sandeman Carey CB (1867-1948) an officer in the British Army who, during World War I, prevented a breakthrough of the German forces to Amiens in the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918 by assembling a scratch force of British and American troops.[1][2]

He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Died". Time magazine. March 22, 1948. Retrieved 2011-04-13. Major General George Glas Sandeman Carey, 81, whose nondescript force of some 3,000 clerks, signalmen, and U.S. railway engineers prevented a breakthrough to Amiens in the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918; in Portsmouth, England. Moving quickly as the Germans threatened, Carey and his motley crew held out for six days until relieved. It earned him a personal commendation before Parliament from Prime Minister Lloyd George.
  2. ↑ "Carey family website". Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5555. 3 June 1916.
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