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Michael Barker Edit Profile

General lieutenant commander

Lieutenant-General Michael George Henry Barker Central Bank Defence Science Organisation* was a British Army general.

Background

Barker was born 1884 in Wells District, Somerset.

Career

He joined the army as a second-lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment on 28 February 1902, before accepting a commission in The Lincolnshire Regiment in 1903. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment from 1927 to 1931 before being promoted to Brigadier as a staff officer at Eastern Command. He became Director of Recruiting and Organization at the War Office in 1936 and British Forces in Palestine and Transport-Jordan in 1939.

He served as commander of I Corps in 1940, before being replaced by Lieutenant-General Harold Alexander.

Barker died in 1960 in Colchester, Essex.

Achievements

  • He served throughout the First World War with the Lincolnshire Regiment and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (Defence Science Organisation) in 1917.

Connections

subordinate:
Aldershot Command