Major General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO, ADC (5 May 1878 – 29 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander of British Troops in China from 1935 to 1938.

Military career

Bartholomew was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 26 May 1900[1] and promoted to lieutenant on 19 March 1902.[2]

He was a keen cricketer and played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship.[3]

He became an Adjutant in 1910[4] and then served in the First World War, initially as a Brigade Major[5] and then as a General Staff Officer.[6]

In 1929, he became an instructor at the Senior Officers' School[7] and in 1931 he was made Commander Royal Artillery for 4th Division[8] Then in 1933 he was appointed Inspector of the Royal Artillery.[9]

He became Commander of British Troops in China in 1935.[10] He retired in 1938[11] and became Lieutenant of the Tower of London.[12] He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1942[13] until his death and Aide-de-Camp to King George V.[14]

He lived at The Manor House in Ottery St Mary in Devon.[15]

References

  1. ^ "No. 27196". The London Gazette. 25 May 1900. p. 3335.
  2. ^ "No. 27431". The London Gazette. 6 May 1902. p. 3013.
  3. ^ "Cricket Archive". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ "No. 28355". The London Gazette. 8 April 1910. p. 2411.
  5. ^ "No. 28957". The London Gazette. 30 October 1914. p. 8763.
  6. ^ "No. 30359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1917. p. 11255.
  7. ^ "No. 33503". The London Gazette. 4 June 1929. p. 3691.
  8. ^ "No. 33677". The London Gazette. 6 January 1931. p. 146.
  9. ^ "No. 33944". The London Gazette. 30 May 1933. p. 3635.
  10. ^ "No. 34219". The London Gazette. 10 March 1939. p. 7165.
  11. ^ "No. 34581". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1938. p. 8071.
  12. ^ "No. 34606". The London Gazette. 12 November 1935. p. 1637.
  13. ^ "No. 35830". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 December 1942. p. 5550.
  14. ^ Major General's patrol pattern tunic
  15. ^ Berkshire Record Office National Archives
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of British Troops in China
1935–1938
Succeeded by
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