Charles Monro
Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet (born June 15, 1860 - † December 7, 1929 in London , England ) was a British general in World War I and Commander- in -Chief in India (1916–1920) and Governor of Gibraltar (1923–1929) .
Life
Monro joined the British Army in 1879 . In the Second Boer War he served as a major in staff positions. Since 1910, Major General , he served in World War first as commander of the 2nd Division in Douglas Haig's I Corps . In December 1914 he took over this corps from Haig as lieutenant general and led it in the battles of Givenchy , Aubers Ridge and Festubert .
On February 18, 1915, he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . In July 1915, Monro was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the newly formed 3rd Army and on September 10, 1915, was honored as Grand Officier of the French Legion of Honor. On October 14th of that year he succeeded Ian Hamilton as Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Gallipoli and was responsible for the orderly evacuation of the Allied troops. On January 1, 1916 he was accepted as a Knight Grand Cross in the Order of St Michael and St George and raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. After the last British units had left Gallipoli on January 9, 1916, he returned to the Western Front, where he took command of the 1st Army . With this he took part in the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916.
On May 17, 1919, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. On June 3, 1919, he was accepted into the Order of the Star of India as Knight Grand Commander and sent to British India as Commander-in-Chief in October 1916 . He was involved here with the reorganization of the British Indian Army under the conditions of the World War and remained in this post until 1920. On May 12, 1921, he was promoted to Baronet , of Bearcrofts in the Shire of Stirling , and served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1928. He remained unmarried and childless, which is why his title of nobility expired on his death in 1929.
Web links
- General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st and last Bt. On thepeerage.com
- Who's Who - Sir Charles Monro on firstworldwar.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ↑ The London Gazette : No. 32323, p. 3846 , May 13, 1921
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Beauchamp Duff |
Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces in India 1916–1920 |
Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson |
| Horace Smith-Dorrien |
Governor of Gibraltar 1923–1929 |
Alexander Godley |
| New title created | Baronet, of Bearcrofts 1920-1929 |
Title expired |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monro, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monro, Sir Charles Carmichael, 1st Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British General and Commander-in-Chief in British India (1916–1920) and Governor of Gibraltar (1923–1929) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1860 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1929 |
| Place of death | London , England |