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Sir Adrian Paul Carton Ghislain de Wiart CB CMG VC DSO KBE Foi um oficial militar do exército Britânico, de origem belga e irlandesa, serviu na Segunda Guerra dos Bôeres, Primeira Guerra Mundial e Segunda Guerra Mundial, tendo sofrido um tiro no rosto, cabeça, estômago, tornozelo, quadril e ouvido, sobreviveu a um acidente de avião, cavou um túnel para fuga de um campo de prisioneiros ...
6 de jan. de 2015 · Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was a one-eyed, one-handed war hero who fought in three major conflicts across six decades, surviving plane crashes and PoW camps. His story is like something out of a ...
12 de jan. de 2024 · Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880-1963) Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. Englischer Offizier, Kriegsheld, Haudegen, Autor von „Happy Odyssey“ und berüchtigt für sein Zitat: „Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.“. Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart war zuletzt Generalleutnant des britischen Heeres. Er wurde am 5.
10 de abr. de 2024 · Adrian Carton de Wiart’s journey began amidst the opulence of Brussels. He was born on 5 May 1880 in Brussels. His Belgian father was Léon Constant Ghislain Carton de Wiart, a well-known and connected lawyer. His mother, Ernestine Wenzig, was Irish. At the time there were rumours that he was an illegitimate son of King Leopold II of the ...
1 de mai. de 2007 · Happy Odyssey. Paperback – Illustrated, 1 May 2007. Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. He was the son of a Belgian barrister, Leon Constant Ghislain Carton de Wiart (1854-1915). He, himself, was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve ...
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Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart[1] VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and pulled off his own fingers when a doctor refused to ...
Albert Carton de Wiart. Albert Joseph Carton de Wiart ( Luik, 21 april 1870 - Ukkel, 13 september 1938), doctor in de rechten, consul van Spanje in Brussel, trouwde in Brussel in 1897 met Lucienne Brifaut (1874-1958). Ze kregen negen kinderen. Hij werd in 1904 erkend in de Belgische erfelijke adel. Etienne Carton de Wiart (1898-1948), bisschop ...
