Arthur Barrett (Indian Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Barrett GCB GCSI KCVO
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Barrett, c. 1915
Birth name	Arthur Arnold Barrett
Born	3 June 1857 (1857-06-03) Carshalton, Surrey, England
Died	20 October 1926(1926-10-20) (aged 69) Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Indian Army
Years of service	1875–1920
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Commands	Northern Army, India
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War North-West Frontier Hunza-Nagar Campaign Tirah campaign First World War Third Anglo-Afghan War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Arnold Barrett, GCB, GCSI, KCVO (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.