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
  1. "Died". Time magazine. 22 March 1948. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 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. "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.
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