George Glas Sandeman Carey Explained

Major-General George Glas Sandeman Carey (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]}

He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1916 Birthday Honours.

Notes and References

1. News: Died . https://web.archive.org/web/20110201160118/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,804530,00.html . dead . February 1, 2011 . . March 22, 1948 . 2011-04-13 .
2. News: Obituary: Major-General G. G. S. Carey . . 5 March 1948 . 6 .