Evelyn Barker

Sir Evelyn Barker
Sir Evelyn Barker
Nickname(s)	"Bubbles"
Born	22 May 1894; Southsea, England
Died	23 November 1983 (aged 89); Mendip, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1913–1950
Rank	General
Service number	8095
Unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps
Commands held	2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (1936–38); 10th Infantry Brigade (1938–40); 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (1941–43); 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (1943–44); VIII Corps (1944–46); British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1946–47); Eastern Command (1947–50);
Battles/wars	First World War; Russian Civil War; Arab revolt in Palestine; Second World War; Palestine Emergency;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross; Mentioned in despatches (5); Commander of the Legion of Honour (France); Silver Medal of Military Valor (Italy);

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]