![Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2015/01/sir-carton-de-wiart-avec-autres-generaux.jpg)
Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
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Adrian Carton de Wiart: El militar tuerto y manco al que nadie pudo matar en las dos guerras mundiales - Guioteca
Century Flow: Stories from the Great War - Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart was born on May 5, 1880 in Brussels, Belgium of Belgian and Irish parents. Already a veteran
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Is this the best Wikipedia entry ever? VC-winning officer shot in face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear | Daily Mail Online
Historia Universal. - LA VERDADERA HISTORIA DE UN "MEME" QUE CORRE POR LAS REDES SOCIALES 🔝 Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart es un hombre del que quizás se conozca poco,
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