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			{{Short description\|British general (1864–1959)}}
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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Barrow was [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] into the [[Connaught Rangers]] in 1884.<ref name=lh>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml \|title=Sir George de Symons Barrow\|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205224003/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml\|accessdate=25 May 2020\|archive-date=2011-02-05}}</ref> Having transferred to the [[35th Scinde Horse]], [[British Indian Army]] in 1886, he served in [[Waziristan]] on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)\|North West Frontier]] of [[India]] in 1895 and was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)\|captain]] on 23 August 1895.<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref> He became [[aide-de-camp]] (ADC) to General [[William Lockhart (Indian Army officer)\|Sir William Lockhart]], [[Commander-in-Chief in India]], in September 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue= 27498 \|page=7942 \|date= 25 November 1902 }}</ref> then served in [[China]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] the following year.<ref name=lh/> In December 1901 he was appointed ADC to General Sir [[Arthur Palmer (British Army officer)\|Arthur Palmer]], who had succeeded as Commander-in-Chief in India,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue= 27444 \|page=4054 \|date= 20 June 1902 }}</ref> and the following March he also tok the position of Interpreter to the C-in-C.<ref>{{London Gazette \| issue=27469 \| date=29 August 1902 \|page=5609}}</ref> Promotion to [[Major (British Army)\|major]] followed on 23 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27495\|page=7245\|date=14 November 1902}}</ref>		Barrow's military career began when he was [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] as a lieutenant into the [[Connaught Rangers]] in August 1884.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=25389\|page=3832\|date=22 August 1884}}</ref><ref name=lh>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml \|title=Sir George de Symons Barrow\|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205224003/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml\|accessdate=25 May 2020\|archive-date=2011-02-05}}</ref> Having transferred to the [[35th Scinde Horse]], [[British Indian Army]] in 1886, he served in [[Waziristan]] on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)\|North West Frontier]] of [[India]] in 1895 and was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)\|captain]] on 23 August 1895.<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref>

	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 [[Pakistan Command and Staff College\|Staff College, Quetta]] in 1911.<ref name=lh/> He served in [[World War I]] as a staff officer on [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)\|British Expeditionary Force]] in ~~1914 and~~ as [[~~General Officer Commanding~~]] [[Yeomanry Mounted Division]] and the [[4th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)\|4th Cavalry Division]] in 1917 ~~and in 1918~~ being present at the fall of [[Jerusalem]] in [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] in 1917.<ref name=lh/> 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)\|Adjutant-General, India]] in 1923 and General Officer Commanding [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command, India]] later that year before retiring in 1929.<ref name=lh/> He served in the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)\|Home Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=peerage>[http://thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267179 The Peerage.com]</ref>		He became [[aide-de-camp]] (ADC) to General [[William Lockhart (Indian Army officer)\|Sir William Lockhart]], [[Commander-in-Chief in India]], in September 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue= 27498 \|page=7942 \|date= 25 November 1902 }}</ref> then served in [[China]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] the following year.<ref name=lh/> In December 1901 he was appointed ADC to General Sir [[Arthur Palmer (British Army officer)\|Arthur Palmer]], who had succeeded as Commander-in-Chief in India,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue= 27444 \|page=4054 \|date= 20 June 1902 }}</ref> and the following March he also tok the position of Interpreter to the C-in-C.<ref>{{London Gazette \| issue=27469 \| date=29 August 1902 \|page=5609}}</ref> Promotion to [[Major (British Army)\|major]] followed on 23 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27495\|page=7245\|date=14 November 1902}}</ref>

			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 [[Pakistan Command and Staff College\|Staff College, Quetta]] in 1911.<ref name=lh/>

			He served in [[World War I]] as a staff officer, with the temporary rank of colonel, promoted to that rank in October 1914,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28959\|page=8843\|date=30 October 1914\|supp=y}}</ref> and to temporary brigadier general in the same month,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29002\|page=10572\|date=8 December 1914\|supp=y}}</ref> while serving with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)\|British Expeditionary Force]]. In January 1915 he was appointed to the command of a brigade.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29078\|page=1810\|date=19 February 1915\|supp=y}}</ref> Promoted to temporary major general and substantive colonel in August 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29307\|page=9438\|date=24 September 1915}}</ref> he was, in December, Major General [[Richard Butler (British Army officer)\|Richard Butler]]'s successor as major general, general staff of the [[First Army (United Kingdom)\|First Army]] of the BEF,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29443\|page=813\|date=18 January 1916\|supp=y}}</ref> with his major general's rank being made substantive in June.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29608\|page=5563\|date=2 June 1916\|supp=y}}</ref> He held this post until January 1917 when he became [[general officer commanding]] of the [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|7th Division]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]]. This only lasted until April, however, as he was then GOC of the [[Yeomanry Mounted Division]] and the [[4th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)\|4th Cavalry Division]] in 1917-18, being present at the fall of [[Jerusalem]] in [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] in 1917.<ref name=lh/>

			He served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919 and became GOC [[Peshawar District]] of India in 1919, was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32369\|page=5083\|date=24 June 1921}}</ref> [[Adjutant-General (India)\|Adjutant-General, India]] in 1923 and General Officer Commanding [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command, India]] later that year before retiring in 1929.<ref name=lh/> He was promoted to general, dated March 1925.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33060\|page=4277\|date=26 June 1925}}</ref>

			He served in the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)\|Home Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=peerage>[http://thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267179 The Peerage.com]</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==
	Barrow came from a Jewish family and was born on 25 October 1864 at [[Naini Tal]] in [[British India]]. He had three brothers, two of whom were also soldiers.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267174 Major-Gen. de Symons Barrow, thepeerage.com]</ref> His father, Lyon de Symons Barrow, was a major-general in the service of the Indian Army then Inspector-General of Police in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh\|United Provinces]], and himself had several brothers who were military officers. In 1902 he married Sybilla Way, daughter of Colonel G. Way; their son died in 1944 on active service.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Obituary: Gen. Sir George Barrow \|newspaper=The Times \|location=London, England \|date=29 December 1959 \|page=10}}</ref>		Barrow came from a Jewish family and was born on 25 October 1864 at [[Naini Tal]] in [[British India]]. He had three brothers, two of whom were also soldiers.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267174 Major-Gen. de Symons Barrow, thepeerage.com]</ref> His father, Lyon de Symons Barrow (1823-1905) was a major-general in the service of the Indian Army then Inspector-General of Police in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh\|United Provinces]], and himself had several brothers who were military officers. In 1902 he married Sybilla Way, daughter of Colonel G. Way; their son died in 1944 on active service.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Obituary: Gen. Sir George Barrow \|newspaper=The Times \|location=London, England \|date=29 December 1959 \|page=10}}</ref>

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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir George de Symons Barrow''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|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 (British Indian Army)|4th Cavalry Division]].

==Military career==
Barrow was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Connaught Rangers]] in 1884.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml |title=Sir George de Symons Barrow|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205224003/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BARROW1.shtml|accessdate=25 May 2020|archive-date=2011-02-05}}</ref> Having transferred to the [[35th Scinde Horse]], [[British Indian Army]] in 1886, he served in [[Waziristan]] on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North West Frontier]] of [[India]] in 1895 and was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 23 August 1895.<ref>Hart´s Army list, 1903</ref> He became [[aide-de-camp]] (ADC) to General [[William Lockhart (Indian Army officer)|Sir William Lockhart]], [[Commander-in-Chief in India]], in September 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27498 |page=7942 |date= 25 November 1902 }}</ref> then served in [[China]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] the following year.<ref name=lh/> In December 1901 he was appointed ADC to General Sir [[Arthur Palmer (British Army officer)|Arthur Palmer]], who had succeeded as Commander-in-Chief in India,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27444 |page=4054 |date= 20 June 1902 }}</ref> and the following March he also tok the position of Interpreter to the C-in-C.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27469 | date=29 August 1902 |page=5609}}</ref> Promotion to [[Major (British Army)|major]] followed on 23 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27495|page=7245|date=14 November 1902}}</ref>

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 [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]] in 1911.<ref name=lh/> He served in [[World War I]] as a staff officer on [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] in 1914 and as [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Yeomanry Mounted Division]] and the [[4th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|4th Cavalry Division]] in 1917 and in 1918 being present at the fall of [[Jerusalem]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in 1917.<ref name=lh/> 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)|Adjutant-General, India]] in 1923 and General Officer Commanding [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command, India]] later that year before retiring in 1929.<ref name=lh/> He served in the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=peerage>[http://thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267179 The Peerage.com]</ref>

==Family==
Barrow came from a Jewish family and was born on 25 October 1864 at [[Naini Tal]] in [[British India]]. He had three brothers, two of whom were also soldiers.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p26718.htm#i267174 Major-Gen. de Symons Barrow, thepeerage.com]</ref> His father, Lyon de Symons Barrow, was a major-general in the service of the Indian Army then Inspector-General of Police in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], and himself had several brothers who were military officers. In 1902 he married Sybilla Way, daughter of Colonel G. Way; their son died in 1944 on active service.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Gen. Sir George Barrow |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=29 December 1959 |page=10}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''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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