William Bartholomew

Sir William Henry "Barty" Bartholomew , GCB , CMG , DSO (born March 16, 1877 in Wiltshire , † December 31, 1962 ) was a British general who was last between 1937 and 1940 General Officer Commanding in Chief of the North Command the British Army was.

Life

Military training and uses as an officer

After attending Newton College, Bartholomew began officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and became a lieutenant officer in the Royal Artillery on March 23, 1897 . Between 1909 and 1910 he trained at the Staff College in Quetta in British India . With various temporary ranks (Temporary Rank) or in a Brevet rank , he was first General Staff Officer 1 (G 1) of the 4th Infantry Division deployed in France between August 17, 1915 and December 7, 1916 during the First World War. and then of 20 December 1916 to the August 20, 1917 G 1 in the war Department ( war Office ) . In 1917 he was awarded the Company of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services. He then served between 22 August 1917 and 21 November 1918 as the on-duty brigadier general of the General Staff of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( Egyptian Expeditionary Force ) and after the war ended on 22 November 1918 to the 31 March 1922 Deputy Head of the Military Intelligence Service in the war ministry. In 1919 he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He was promoted to colonel on August 10, 1920 , with the promotion being dated back to January 1, 1918.

Following Colonel Bartholomew was between 1 April 1922 to the July 1, 1923 Deputy Head of Military Operations and Intelligence in the War Office and was thereafter from 1 July to 23 August 1923 half-pay (Half-pay) for special Use optional. He was between 23 August 1923 and the May 21, 1926 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 6th Infantry Brigade and also from 1 January to 21 May 1926 adjutant ( aide-de-camp ) of King George V. After his Promotion to major general on May 21, 1926, he served between June 1, 1927 and December 31, 1928 as head of the Department of Recruitment and Organization in the War Department and was from January 1, 1929 as the successor to Rear Admiral Herbert Richmond until his replacement Air Vice Marshal Robert Brooke-Popham in command of Imperial Defense College January 19, 1931 .

Promotion to general

After Bartholomew was again on half pay for special use from January 19 to February 1, 1931, he was the successor to Major General Ronald Charles between February 1, 1931 and his replacement by Major General John Dill on January 21, 1921 head of the Department of Military Operations and Military Intelligence in the War Department. During this time he was promoted to lieutenant general on February 13, 1933 . On May 10, 1934, he succeeded Lieutenant General Kenneth Wigram as Chief of the General Staff at the Army Headquarters in British India and remained in this position until October 11, 1937, when Lieutenant General Ivo Vesey succeeded him there. On June 4, 1934 he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that he has since had the suffix "Sir". In addition, he was from June 20, 1934 to March 16, 1947 Colonel Commandant of the Royal Regiment of Artillery .

Bartholomew received on 19 February 1937 was promoted to General and released on October 12, 1937 General Alexander Wardrop as commander in chief ( General Officer Commanding in Chief ) as Northern Command (Northern Command) of the British Army, and remained in this use by January 15 1940, followed by General Ronald Forbes Adam . He was also adjudant general to King George VI between April 26, 1938 and June 8, 1938. and was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) on June 8, 1939 . On June 8, 1940, he retired from active military service after 43 years of service, but served as regional commissioner for civil defense in north-east Great Britain between 1940 and 1945 during World War II .

From his marriage to Violet Alice Penton his daughter Violet Margaret Bartholomew emerged, who married the diplomat Humphrey Trevelyan on November 10, 1937 .

Web links

• Entry in generals.dk
• General Sir William Henry Bartholomew, on thepeerage.com , accessed February 7, 2018.
• KNIGHTS AND DAMES in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• World War II: Unit Histories & Officers
• Entry in the Liddell Hart Military Archives at King's College London