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	Brigadier '''Charles Samuel Flanagan Carroll''', [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], [[Military Cross\|MC]] (30 January 1923 - 1992) was a British soldier of the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] who led a bayonet charge of a Japanese position during the Second World War and fought communist insurgents in the jungle during the [[Malayan Emergency]].		Brigadier '''Charles Samuel Flanagan Carroll''', [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]], [[Military Cross\|MC]] (30 January 1923 - 1992) was a British soldier of the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] who led a bayonet charge of a Japanese position during the Second World War and fought communist insurgents in the jungle during the [[Malayan Emergency]].

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Brigadier '''Charles Samuel Flanagan Carroll''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (30 January 1923 - 1992) was a British soldier of the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] who led a bayonet charge of a Japanese position during the Second World War and fought communist insurgents in the jungle during the [[Malayan Emergency]].

==Early life==
Charles Samuel Flanagan Carroll was born in [[Calcutta]] on 30 January 1923. He was educated at [[Lawrence College Ghora Gali]].<ref name=teleg>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064906/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/5250441/Brigadier-Charles-Carroll.html Brigadier Charles Carroll.] ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 9 January 1992. Retrieved 9 January 2016.</ref>

==Military career==
Carroll was commissioned into the [[Indian Army (British)|Indian Army]] in 1942 and served first, as was customary, in a British regiment, the [[Worcestershire Regiment|Worcesters]]. He then joined the 4th Battalion of the 6th Gurkhas and went to Burma in 1944 as commander of C company. In 1945 he earned a [[Military Cross]] in Burma when he led a bayonet charge at Mindegon, near [[Mandalay]]. After the end of the Second World War, he became adjutant of the 1st Gurkha Battalion. He then went to Malaya to fight communist insurgents in the jungle and was [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name=teleg/> He had various staff appointments, was appointed an OBE in 1966,<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7623612 Recommendation for Award for Carroll, Charles Samuel Flanagan.] National Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2016.</ref> and lastly commanded the [[Aldershot Garrison]] before his retirement from the army in 1978.<ref name=teleg/>

==Family==
Carroll married Priscilla Puckle, sister of the actress [[Beth Rogan]]. They had two sons.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12046078/Beth-Rogan-actress-obituary.html Beth Rogan, actress - obituary.] ''The Telegraph'', 11 Dec 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.</ref>

==Later life==
After his retirement, Carroll was house governor of the [[Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice]] in [[Farnham]] and did work for the [[Citizens' Advice Bureau]] in [[Haslemere]]. He died in 1992 and was survived by his wife and sons.<ref name=teleg/>

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[[Category:1923 births]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Lawrence College Ghora Gali alumni]]
[[Category:Worcestershire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]

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