1914 STAR-MAJOR- LATER BRIGADIER GENERAL GARNIER NORTON CARTWRIGHT C.M.G., D.S.O.- MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES FOUR TIMES.

1914 Star named to:
MAJOR G.N.CARTWRIGHT R.F.A.
Brigadier General Garnier Norton Cartwright, was born on 07 May 1868,the Son of R.N.Cartwright,of Ixworth Abbey,Suffolk.He joined the Royal Artillery on 17th Feb 1888; became Lieutenant 17th Feb., 1891; Captain 1 July,1898,and Major 9 Dec. 1903.Major Cartwright served in the European War from 1914; became Lieutenant-Colonel 30th Oct.1914;
Served with the 55th Battery Royal Field Artillery.He was temporary Brigadier General ,Royal Artillery 1st Division,B.E.F.British Armies in France,from 15th October 1915, to 19th October, 1917.He married Isabel,daughter of the late T.J.Masters of Llannelly Hall,Llantrisant.
He died in 1924 and is buried at Ixworth, Suffolk.There is a memorial tablet at St.Mary's church, Ixworth, Suffolk.
D.S.O.: London Gazette: 18/02/1915 "For services in connection with operations in the field"
C.M.G.:London Gazette; 04/06/1917
M.I.D.: London Gazette: 17/02/1915
M.I.D.: London Gazette : 01/01/1916
M.I.D.: London Gazette: 15/06/1916
M.I.D.: London Gazette: 15/05/1917
Arrived in France 23/08/1914, entitled to clasp,British War and Victory Medals would have been named: BRIG GEN according to his M.I.C.
Medal about good very fine
Miniatures have appeared on the market, which included an I.G.S.,1897 Jubilee,1903 Delhi Durbar.

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