15324 Major-General Robert Eric BARNSLEY, CB, MC, MiD, MB, KHS, Royal Army Medical Corps

Personal Number: 15324
Rank: Major-General
Name: Robert Eric BARNSLEY, CB, MC, MiD, MB, KHS
Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps


London Gazette : 20 August 1912
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
2nd London (City of London) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps; Robert Eric Barnsley (late Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officers Training Corps) to be Lieutenant. Dated 22nd July, 1912.

London Gazette : 20 June 1913
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
3rd London (City of London) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps; Lieutenant Robert Eric Barnsley, from the 2nd London (City of London) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 13th March, 1913.

London Gazette : 26 November 1916
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His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Cross on the underm entioned Officers and Warrant Officers in recognition of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the Field:—
Capt. Robert Eric Barnsley, R.A.M.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of an advanced dressing station. He tended the wounded under heavy hostile shell fire when impossible to bring them to the dressing station.

London Gazette : 10 January 1917
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ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.
R.A.M.C.—The undermentioned to be Lts. and are granted the rank of temp. Capt. 1st Jan. 1917:—
Capt. Robert Eric Barnsley, M.C., from R.A.M.C., T.F.

London Gazette : 16 August 1919
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ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.
R. A.M.C.—
The undermentioned relinquish the actg. rank of Maj. : —
Capt. & Bt. Maj. R. E. Barnsley, M.C. 10th June 1919.

London Gazette : 5 November 1929
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
The undermentioned Capts. to be Majs.: —
Bt. Maj. R. E. Barnsley, M.C. 5th Aug. 1926. (Substituted for the notification in the Gazette of the 20th Aug. 1926.)

London Gazette : 3 November 1939
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The undermentioned to be Cols.:—
Lt.-Col. R. E. Barnsley, M.C., M.B., from R. A .M.C. 2nd Sept. 1939, with seniority 21st Apr. 1939

London Gazette : 28 November 1941
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The undermentioned Cols, (late R.A.M.C.), to be Maj.-Gens. (supernumerary). 28th Nov. 1941:—
Col. R. E. Barnsley, M.C., M.B. (15324), (late R.A.M.C.), to be Maj.-Gen. 28th Nov. 1941.

London Gazette : 30 December 1941
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:—
Brig, (actg.) R. E. Barnsley, M.C. (15324), late R.A.M.C.

London Gazette : 19 October 1944
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The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, in recognition of distinguished services in connection with the landings in Normandy:—
To be Additional Members of the Military Division . of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order: —
Major-General Robert Eric Barnsley, M.C., M.B., K.H.S. (15324), late Royal Army Medical Corps.

London Gazette : 11 December 1945
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Major-General R. E. BARNSLEY, C.B., M.C., M.B., K.H.S. (15324), late R.A.M.C., on completion of four years in the rank, is retained on the Active List (supern.), 28th Nov.1945

London Gazette : 20 December 1946
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REGULAR ARMY.
Maj.-Gen. R. E. BARNSLEY, C .B ., M .C ., M .B ., K.H.S. (15324) late R.A.M.C. retires on ret. pay, 19th Dec. 1946.

London Gazette : 14 November 1947
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The JONG has been pleased to grant unrestricted permission for "the wearing of the following decorations which have been conferred on the undermentioned personnel in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies: —
DECORATIONS CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF.AMERICA.
Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer
Major-General Robert Eric BARNSLEY, C.B., M.C., M.B., K.H.S. (15324), late Royal Army Medical Corps.

London Gazette : 21 November 1947
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
Maj.-Gen. R. E. BARNSLEY, C.B., M.C., M.B., ret. pay, late R.A.M.C., to toe Colonel Commandant, 1st Jan. 1948, vice Maj.-Gen. O. IEVERS, C.B., D.S.O., M.B., ret. pay, late R.A.M.C., whose tenure of appointment expires 31st Dec. 1947.

 

London Gazette : 30 December 1941
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7340/data.pdf

 

Recommendation for Award for Barnsley, Robert Eric Rank: Major General ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/146/236
Name Barnsley, Robert Eric
Rank: Major General
Service No: P/15324
Regiment: Southern Command
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Commander of the British Empire
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 19 October 1944

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See also:

• http://ramcreunited.co.uk/files/02-...-NEWSLETTER-SUPPLEMENTARY-JUL-TO-SEP-2020.pdf
• Papers of Major General Robert Eric Barnsley
• Collections held by the Royal Army Medical Corps (as filmed by the AJCP)
• Series RAMC 524. Major General Robert Eric Barnsley
• Robert Eric Barnsley (1886-1968) served in France, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria during World War I. He joined the Royal Army Medical Service as a lieutenant in 1917 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1926, colonel in 1939 and major-general in 1941. He held various medical posts in England and East Africa between 1937 and 1946, retiring from the R.A.M.C. in 1948. He was the author of The story of the R.A.M.C. (1964).
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