- Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
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Charles Carmichael Monro
Gen. Sir Charles MonroBorn 15 June 1860
born at sea on the Maid of JudahDied 7 December 1929 (aged 69)
Westminster, London, EnglandAllegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1878 – 1920 Rank General Commands held 13th Infantry Brigade
2nd London Division
2nd Division
I Corps
3rd Army
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
1st Army
British Army in IndiaBattles/wars World War I
Third Anglo-Afghan WarAwards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of IndiaOther work Governor of Gibraltar General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, (15 June 1860 – 7 December 1929) was a British Army General during World War I and Governor of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1929.
Military career
Educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Monro was commisissioned into the 2nd Regiment of Foot in 1879.[1][2] He served in the Second Boer War and was present at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.[1] In 1907 he was appointed Commander of 13th Infantry Brigade in Dublin and in 1912 he became General Officer Commanding 2nd London Division.[1]
He was deployed to France as General Officer Commanding 2nd Division at the start of World War I and played an important part in the First Battle of Ypres.[1] In December 1914 he became General Officer Commanding I Corps and then in July 1915 he was made General Officer Commanding 3rd Army.[1] After the Gallipoli Campaign, General Ian Hamilton was dismissed as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and replaced by Charles Monro in October 1915.[1] Monro ordered the evacuation of troops from Gallipoli.[1] In 1916 Monro briefly commanded the British First Army in France before becoming Commander-in-Chief, India later that year.[1] In 1923 he was appointed Governor of Gibraltar.[1]
Monro died in 1929 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[3]
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Military offices Preceded by
Henry LawsonGeneral Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
August 1914–December 1914Succeeded by
Henry HornePreceded by
Douglas HaigGOC I Corps
December 1914 – July 1915Succeeded by
Hubert GoughPreceded by
Sir Henry RawlinsonCommander of the British First Army
1915Succeeded by
Sir Henry HornePreceded by
Sir Beauchamp DuffCommander-in-Chief, India
1916–1920Succeeded by
The Lord RawlinsonPreceded by
Sir Edward HamiltonColonel of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1920–1929Succeeded by
Sir Wilkinson BirdPreceded by
B. T. L. ThomsonHonorary Colonel of the 23rd London Regiment
1922–1928Succeeded by
The Lord Astor of HeverGovernment offices Preceded by
Sir Horace Smith-DorrienGovernor of Gibraltar
1923–1928Succeeded by
Sir Alexander GodleyBaronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
New CreationBaronet
(of Bearcrofts)
1920–1929Succeeded by
ExtinctHeraldic offices Preceded by
Sir George CallaghanKing of Arms of the Order of the Bath
1920 – 1929Succeeded by
Sir William PakenhamGovernors of Gibraltar Habsburg occupation (1704)
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