Reading

a biography of Sir Winston Churchill, I was intrigued when it mentioned that his representative to China, Carton de Wiart, had won a Victoria Cross and that he was a very interesting character.

So please tell me more, Queries Man. – D.

Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, to give him his full title, was indeed an interesting man.

Before he became Churchill’s personal representative in China in 1943, he had already led an amazing life.

He had served in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War.

He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear;