John Anderson Barstow, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Anderson Barstow
British Army officer
Date of Birth: 02-May-1893
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1941
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Anderson Barstow
- Acting Brigadier John Anderson Barstow MC (2 May 1893 – 3 January 1941) was a British Army officer, the brother of Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow and son of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Adam Anderson Barstow of the Seaforth Highlanders and Jane Cape Barstow. John Barstow was born 2 May 1893 and died 3 January 1941.
- He joined the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, transferred to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in May 1916, during World War I.
- He was awarded the Military Cross on 3 June 1916.
- On 10 June 1919 he married Nancy Sinclair Wemyss and they had a son and daughter: Michael Thomas Barstow and Lois Edith Barstow. During the interwar period he served as a staff officer in India and on the Imperial General Staff as well as serving with the 1st Battalion, Black Watch. During World War II he commanded the 69th Infantry Brigade.
- He died soon after leaving command of the 69th Brigade at the age of forty seven and is buried at Edrom Parish Church.
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