Sir Evelyn Barker | |
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Nickname(s) | "Bubbles" |
Born | Southsea, England | 22 May 1894
Died | 23 November 1983 Mendip, England | (aged 89)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1913–1950 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 8095 |
Unit | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
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General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (22 May 1894 – 23 November 1983) was a British Army officer who saw service in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the latter, he commanded the 10th Brigade during the Battle of France in 1940, the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division and the VIII Corps in the Western Europe Campaign from 1944 to 1945.[1]
After the war, Barker was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan from 1946 to 1947, during the Palestine Emergency. He is remembered for his anti-Semitism and his controversial order in the wake of the King David Hotel bombing in July 1946 in which he declared, "[We] will be punishing the Jews in a way the race dislikes as much as any, by striking at their pockets and showing our contempt of them."[2]