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    Adrian Carton de Wiart

    Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963)

    This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart.

    Lieutenant-GeneralSir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart,[1]VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (;[2] 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was an officer in the British Army.

    He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries.[3] He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War.

    He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own severely injured fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them.

    Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war."

    After returning home from service (including a period as a prisoner-