George Glas Sandeman Carey

Major-General George Glas Sandeman Carey CB (13 February 1867 – 5 March 1948) was 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]

Two British Generals (59th Brigade of the 20th Light Division) in a trench in front of Lievin, 14 May 1918. One of them might be Major General C. G. S. Carey, the Commander of the 20th (Light) Division.

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Died". Time magazine. 22 March 1948. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Major-General G. G. S. Carey". The Times. 5 March 1948. p. 6.
  3. ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5555.