6187 Lieutenant-General Michael George Henry BARKER, CB, DSO, MiD, York and Lancaster Regiment

Personal Number: 6187
Rank: Lieutenant-General
Name: Michael George Henry BARKER, CB, DSO, DL, MiD
Unit: East Surrey Regiment ; Lincolnshire Regiment ; York and Lancaster Regiment


London Gazette : 11 March 1902
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4th Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment
The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants:—
Michael George Henry Barker. Dated 28th February, 1902.

London Gazette : 24 March 1931
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Y. & L.R.—Lt.-Col. M. G. H. Barker, D.S.O., on completion of his period of serv. in comd. is placed on the. h.p. list. 22nd Mar. 1931.

London Gazette : 1 February 1937
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The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:—
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:—
Major-General Michael George Henry Barker, D.S.O., Colonel, The York and Lancaster Regiment, Director of Recruiting and Organization, The War Office.

London Gazette : 3 May 1940
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REGULAR ARMY.
COMMANDS AND STAFF.
Lt.-Gen. M. G. H. Barker, C.B., D.S.O., Col. Y. & L.R., from G.O.C.-in-C., Aldershot Comd., to be spec, empld. 22nd Apr. 1940.

London Gazette : 14 June 1940
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COMMANDS AND STAFF.
The undermentioned relinquish their appts. : —.
Lt.-Gen. M. G. H. Barker, C.B., D.S.O., Col., Y. & L.R., as a Comdr., 8th June 1940, and remains on full pay.

London Gazette : 17 October 1941
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Commanders and Staffs.
From the narrative of events, it will be evident how great is the debt I owe to the Commanders
of my three Corps. Lieut.-Generals Sir Alan Brooke, M. G. H. Barker and Sir Ronald Adam, Bart.
GORT, General, Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force.

London Gazette : 30 August 1940
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REGULAR ARMY.
COMMANDS AND STAFF.
The undermentioned appts. are made:—
Lt.-Gen. M. G. H. Barker, C.B., D.S.O., Col. Y. & L.R. (6187), to be spec, empld. 7th Aug. 1940.

London Gazette : 1 April 1941
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned for distinguished services in the Middle East during the period August, 1939, to November, 1940: —
Officers and Other Ranks on, or attached to, the Staff.
Barker, Lt.-Gen. M. G. H., C.B., D.S.O. (6187), Col. Y. & L.R.

London Gazette : 6 December 1946
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REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
GENERAL LIST.
Lt.-Gen. M. G. H. BARKER, C.B., D.S.O. (6187), having attained the age limit of liability ito recall ceases to belong to the Res. of Offrs., 15th Oct. 1946.

 

London Gazette : 1 April 1941
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See also:

• Michael Barker (British Army officer) - Wikipedia
  
• Biography of Lieutenant-General Michael George Henry Barker (1884 – 1960), Great Britain
  
• Michael George Henry Barker - National Portrait Gallery