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Brigadier General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltern Baker-Carr

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Brigadier General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltern Baker-Carr Veteran

Birth
Lanteglos Highway, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Death
10 Jan 1949 (aged 70)
Bacton, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
Burial
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Married Sarah DeWitt Quinan 1879-1969 on August 11, 1902 in Marylebone, London. Later divorced.
Children:
Christopher Jerome Teesdale Baker-Carr 1903-19070
Sir John D'Arcy Baker-Carr 1906-1998
D'Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr 1908-1985
Second wife: Agnes Helena Windsor 1894-1960 in July 1934
Brig.Gen. Christopher D'Arcy B.S. Baker-Carr, Captain, later Brigadier-General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltern Baker-Carr (1878-1949); entered Rifle Brigade 1898; Captain Rifle Brigade 1902-1906; Lieutenant-Colonel Tank Corps 1917; Brigade Commander 1918-1919; Brigadier General 1919.

Entered Rifle Brigade, 1898; served Nile, 1898 (Egyptian medal with clasp, medal); S. Africa, 1899-1902 (despatches, King's medal and 2 clasps, Queen's medal and 4 clasps); captain Rifle Brigade 1902; European War, 1914-18 (despatches, DSO); on 22nd November 1914. the BEF established a Machine-gun School at Wisques under Major C. Baker-Carr, to train new regimental officers and machine gunners, both to replace those lost in the fighting to date, and to increase the number of men with MG skills; 1917 Lieut-Colonel, commanded 1st Brigade Tank Corps, 1917-18; declared bankrupt 24 Jan 1928 and cited as co-respondent in a divorce 1929; on 26 May 1930, wrote from 6 Nevern Road, London, to Winston Churchill stressing the importance of the Madden Gun (light automatic machine gun) and the difficulty of getting the military authorities and leading members of the government to see this ; wrote "From Chauffeur to Brigadier" 1930; serving in Cairo, 1946; Member of Council, British Electrical Federation
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BOOK
From C. D. Baker-Carr, From Chauffeur to Brigadier (London: Ernest Benn, 1930) p. 209. Brigadier-General Christopher D'Arcy Baker-Carr (1878–1949), a career soldier and battalion commander at the time of Shaw's visit, was shortly to take command of the Tank Corps First Brigade. Shaw was one of the very few civilians allowed to view the tank depot.
Married Sarah DeWitt Quinan 1879-1969 on August 11, 1902 in Marylebone, London. Later divorced.
Children:
Christopher Jerome Teesdale Baker-Carr 1903-19070
Sir John D'Arcy Baker-Carr 1906-1998
D'Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr 1908-1985
Second wife: Agnes Helena Windsor 1894-1960 in July 1934
Brig.Gen. Christopher D'Arcy B.S. Baker-Carr, Captain, later Brigadier-General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltern Baker-Carr (1878-1949); entered Rifle Brigade 1898; Captain Rifle Brigade 1902-1906; Lieutenant-Colonel Tank Corps 1917; Brigade Commander 1918-1919; Brigadier General 1919.

Entered Rifle Brigade, 1898; served Nile, 1898 (Egyptian medal with clasp, medal); S. Africa, 1899-1902 (despatches, King's medal and 2 clasps, Queen's medal and 4 clasps); captain Rifle Brigade 1902; European War, 1914-18 (despatches, DSO); on 22nd November 1914. the BEF established a Machine-gun School at Wisques under Major C. Baker-Carr, to train new regimental officers and machine gunners, both to replace those lost in the fighting to date, and to increase the number of men with MG skills; 1917 Lieut-Colonel, commanded 1st Brigade Tank Corps, 1917-18; declared bankrupt 24 Jan 1928 and cited as co-respondent in a divorce 1929; on 26 May 1930, wrote from 6 Nevern Road, London, to Winston Churchill stressing the importance of the Madden Gun (light automatic machine gun) and the difficulty of getting the military authorities and leading members of the government to see this ; wrote "From Chauffeur to Brigadier" 1930; serving in Cairo, 1946; Member of Council, British Electrical Federation
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BOOK
From C. D. Baker-Carr, From Chauffeur to Brigadier (London: Ernest Benn, 1930) p. 209. Brigadier-General Christopher D'Arcy Baker-Carr (1878–1949), a career soldier and battalion commander at the time of Shaw's visit, was shortly to take command of the Tank Corps First Brigade. Shaw was one of the very few civilians allowed to view the tank depot.


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