Major General Sir Evelyn Webb Carter KCVO, OBE, DL
As our Vice-Chairman at the Memorial Gates, Major General Sir Evelyn Webb Carter is a highly respected and a valuable member at the Memorial gates council.
Evelyn Webb-Carter was born in 1946, educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1966 and then served in Arabia, Germany, Hong Kong and Cyprus. He commanded the 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, an armoured infantry battalion, an Infantry Brigade and a Multi National Division in Bosnia in 1997. In 1998 he took command of the Household Division until 2001. In that role he was in command of all troops in the London area and responsible for all ceremonial in the capital. He was responsible for the funeral of The Princess of Wales and the 100th Birthday celebrations of HM The Queen Mother.
Whilst GOC London District he was much involved in generating greater racial diversity in the Household Division and wider Army. He worked closely with the CRE and for a while after leaving the Army he was a consultant to them. In 2002 he became involved in the Memorial Gates and coordinated the opening ceremony in November 2002. He subsequently became a Patron of the Memorial Gates and is now the Vice Chair.
On leaving the Army in 2001 he became the Chief Executive of the Army Benevolent Fund and took them through a rebranding in 2011 to make them ABF The Soldiers Charity. He retired in 2012. Since 1997 he has been Chairman of the Waterloo Association and in 2007 established Waterloo 200 an organisation established to oversee the Bicentenary in 2015 of the Battle of Waterloo. He was also Chairman for 8 years of a global horse charity called the Brooke which has a turnover of £20m. It operates in Africa, Asia and Central America.
His interests are riding on horses all over the world and military history and frequently combines the two by riding long forgotten campaigns.
Evelyn Webb-Carter was born in 1946, educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1966 and then served in Arabia, Germany, Hong Kong and Cyprus. He commanded the 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, an armoured infantry battalion, an Infantry Brigade and a Multi National Division in Bosnia in 1997. In 1998 he took command of the Household Division until 2001. In that role he was in command of all troops in the London area and responsible for all ceremonial in the capital. He was responsible for the funeral of The Princess of Wales and the 100th Birthday celebrations of HM The Queen Mother.
Whilst GOC London District he was much involved in generating greater racial diversity in the Household Division and wider Army. He worked closely with the CRE and for a while after leaving the Army he was a consultant to them. In 2002 he became involved in the Memorial Gates and coordinated the opening ceremony in November 2002. He subsequently became a Patron of the Memorial Gates and is now the Vice Chair.
On leaving the Army in 2001 he became the Chief Executive of the Army Benevolent Fund and took them through a rebranding in 2011 to make them ABF The Soldiers Charity. He retired in 2012. Since 1997 he has been Chairman of the Waterloo Association and in 2007 established Waterloo 200 an organisation established to oversee the Bicentenary in 2015 of the Battle of Waterloo. He was also Chairman for 8 years of a global horse charity called the Brooke which has a turnover of £20m. It operates in Africa, Asia and Central America.
His interests are riding on horses all over the world and military history and frequently combines the two by riding long forgotten campaigns.