Charles Carmichael Monro

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Charles Carmichael Monro

Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
, GCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV of the United Kingdom whilst he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III of the United Kingdom....
, GCSI

Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
(15 June 1860 – 7 December 1929) was Governor of Gibraltar

Governor of Gibraltar

The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territories of Gibraltar. The Governor is appointed by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Her Majesty's Government....
from 1920 to 1929.

During the First World War, after the Gallipoli Campaign, General Ian Hamilton

Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton

General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton Order of the Bath Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Territorial Decoration was a general in the British Army and is most notably known for commanding the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli....
was dismissed from his command and replaced by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Monro in October 1915. Monro ordered the evacuation of troops from Gallipoli

Gallipoli

The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east....
. Monro also briefly commanded the British First Army

British First Army

The First Army was a army of the British Army that existed during the First World War and Second World Wars....
in 1915.

Monro died in 1929 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery

Brompton Cemetery

Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London, England....
, London.

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