| Sir George Barrow | |
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File:Georgebarrow.jpg General Sir George Barrow | |
| Born | 25 October 1864 |
| Died | 28 December 1959 (aged 95) |
| Place of birth | Nainital, India |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1884 - 1929 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
35th Scinde Horse Yeomanry Mounted Division 4th Cavalry Division Eastern Command, India |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | |
General Sir George de Symons Barrow GCB KCMG (25 October 1864 - 28 December 1959) was a British Indian Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division.
Military career[]
Barrow was commissioned into the Connaught Rangers in 1884.[1] Having transferred to the 35th Scinde Horse, British Indian Army in 1886, he served in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India in 1895 and became aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies in 1899.[1] He then served in China during the Boxer Rebellion.[1] He was appointed Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General in India in 1903, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Staff College, Camberley in 1908 and then became a staff officer at the Staff College, Quetta in 1911.[1] He served in World War I as a staff officer on British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and as General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division in 1917 and in 1918 being present at the fall of Jerusalem in Palestine in 1917.[1] He served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 and became General Officer Commanding the Peshawar District of India in 1919, Adjutant-General, India in 1923 and General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, India later that year before retiring in 1929.[1] He served in the Home Guard during World War II.[2]
Family[]
In 1902 he married Sybilla Way.[2]
References[]
- The Fire of Life by George de Symons Barrow, published by Hutchinson, 1942
- Two cavalry episodes in the Palestine campaign of 1917-1918 by George de Symons Barrow, published by the Royal United Service Institution, 1936
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