Edmund Barrow
Sir Edmund Barrow | |
|---|---|
 Barrow in 1916 | |
| Born | 1852 |
| Died | 1934 (aged 81 or 82) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1871 - 1919 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Hong Kong Regiment 1st (Peshawar) Division Southern Army, India |
| Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War Boxer Rebellion World War I |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
General Sir Edmund George Barrow GCB KCMG (1852–1934) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.
Military career
Barrow was commissioned into the 102nd Regiment of Foot in 1871.[1][2] Having joined the Indian Army in 1877, he served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[3] He was a member of the Lockhart Boundary Commission to Chitral, Kafirstan, Hunza and Wakhan in 1885 and the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission in 1889.[3] He was made Commanding Officer of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892,[3] and took part in the Tirah Expedition to the North West Frontier of India in 1897. He was appointed deputy adjutant-general, Bengal Command, on 1 April 1900,[4] but only three months later, in July 1900 was transferred as Chief of Staff for the China Expeditionary Force in response to the Boxer Rebellion,[3] after which he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[5] He was appointed Secretary to the Military Department of the Government of India in November 1901, with the temporary rank of Major-general whilst so employed,[6] and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in India in 1904.[3] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India in 1908.[3]
He served in World War I as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914.[3] He was appointed a member of the Council of India in 1917 and retired in 1919.[3]
References
- ^ "No. 23812". The London Gazette. 29 December 1871. p. 5877.
- ^ "Barrow, Lieut.-General Sir Edmund George Barrow". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 102.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
- ^ "No. 27337". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 July 1901. p. 4915.
- ^ "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 718.
- 1852 births
- 1934 deaths
- British Army generals
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- British military personnel of the Tirah Campaign
- British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion
- Royal Dublin Fusiliers officers
- Explorers of Central Asia