Charles St Leger Barter (1857-1931) Major-General KCB, KCMG, CVO. GOC Infantry Division, Educated abroad, RMC Sandhurst psc King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Charles St Leger Barter was the son of the Rev J T Barter of Bercham, Co Cork. He was commissioned in the 105th Foot (later 2nd Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) on 1 September 1875. He passed Staff College in 1883 and saw active service in the Ashanti Expedition (1895-6), the Tirah Campaign (1897) and the South African War (1899-1901), during which he was wounded at the Modder River. His appointments as Instructor at the RMC Sandhurst (1884-6) and as CO 2nd Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (1898-1902) were the marks of a ‘coming man’. He completed a four-year tour as GOC Poona Brigade in India in June 1913.
From 1899 to 1902 he was in command of the 2nd Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[1] The battalion served with General Bruce Hamilton in the Transvaal during the later stages of the war, and he was in command at Ermelo in March 1902.[2] After the war had ended in June 1902, Barter resigned his command of the battalion and was placed on half-pay with a brevet promotion to colonel on 19 July 1902,[3][4] leaving Cape Town for Southampton the following month.[5] For his service, Barter was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list (the award was dated to 29 November 1900[6]), and he received the actual decoration after his return, from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.[7]
Major General Barter and the 47th Division continued fighting on the Western Front and participated in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was during action at the Somme that the 47th Division and Barter were involved in the battle for High Wood. Shortly after the capture of High Wood, General Barter was relieved of his command.[14] For the remainder of his life, Barter attempted to have an official enquiry into his dismissal but was unsuccessful.[14]
Charles Barter was awarded the KCB (1916) and KCMG (1918) for his service and retired from the army in 1918.[15]
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^ ab"Barter, Charles St Leger". Anglo-Noer War. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^"Latest intelligence – The Transvaal". The Times. No. 36711. London. 10 March 1902. p. 5.
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