Arthur Barrett (Indian Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British general
Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1857
Place of Birth: Carshalton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 20-Oct-1926
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Arthur Barrett (Indian Army officer)
- Field Marshal Sir Arthur Arnold Barrett (3 June 1857 – 20 October 1926) was a British officer of the Indian Army.
- He saw action at the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in December 1879 and at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and went on to serve in the Hunza-Nagar Campaign in 1891.
- During the First World War he was General Officer Commanding the Poona Division which successfully took Basra in Mesopotamia in November 1914 and then Al-Qurnah in Mesopotamia in December 1914.
- He spent the rest of the War commanding the Northern Army in which role he took part in operations against the Mahsuds in Spring 1917.
- He saw action again as the senior British officer on the ground during the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 before retiring in May 1920.
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