Английская Википедия:Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Major General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, Шаблон:Postnominals (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]

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