Edmund Barrow

Sir Edmund Barrow
Born 1852
Died 1934 (aged 81 or 82)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1871 - 1919
Rank General
Commands held Hong Kong Regiment
1st (Peshawar) Division
Southern Army in 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]

He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[2] 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.[2] He was made Commanding Officer of the Hong Kong Regiment in 1892.[2] He took part in the Tirah Expedition to the North West Frontier of India in 1897 and became Chief of Staff for the China Expeditionary Force in response to the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[2] He was made Secretary to the Military Department of the Government of India in 1901 and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in India in 1904.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India in 1908.[2]

He served in World War I as Military Secretary to the India Office from 1914.[2] He was appointed a member of the Council of India in 1917 and retired in 1919.[2]

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 23812. p. 5877. 29 December 1871. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Beauchamp Duff
Military Secretary to the India Office
1914–1917
Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Cox