Lieutenant-Colonel John Fillis Carré Carter CBE (11 January 1882–14 July 1944) was Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police, responsible for administration and uniformed policing, from 1 November 1938[1] to September 1940.
Having passed out as Queen's Cadet, he was commissioned a second lieutenant into the Indian Staff Corps on 28 July 1900.
[3][4] He served in Waziristan in 1901–1902 and was seconded to the Indian Police Service in Burma in 1905.
He was promoted lieutenant on 28 October 1902, and captain on 28 July 1909 (by which time he was serving with the 35th Sikhs).
[10] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1925 Birthday Honours.