John Carpenter (British Army officer)

Major-General John Owen Carpenter CBE, MC (20 June 1894 − 28 February 1967) was a senior British Army officer.

John Carpenter
Born	20 June 1894
Died	28 February 1967 (aged 72)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Service number	1203
Commands	214th Independent Brigade 61st Infantry Division Catterick Area
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross

Military career

Carpenter was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment and saw action in the First World War for which he was awarded the Military Cross.^[1] He went on to become Assistant Commandant of the Small Arms School in India in 1932.^[2] He served in the Second World War as commander of 214th Independent Brigade in February 1941, as General Officer Commanding 61st Infantry Division from September 1942 and as General Officer Commanding Catterick Area from 1943 until he retired in 1946.^[2]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1942 Birthday Honours.^[3]