King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name BARBER, Sir Colin Muir (1897-1964), Lieutenant General
Service biography World War I service with Liverpool Scottish and 1 Cameron Highlanders, France and Belgium 1917-1919; India 1919-1931; Staff College, Quetta 1929-1930; staff, Scottish and Southern Commands c 1930; Palestine 1936; with 51 (Highland) Div, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France 1940; General Officer Commanding, 15 Scottish Div, North West Europe 1944-1945; Commander, Highland District, Scottish Command 1946-1949; Director of Infantry and Military Training, War Office 1949-1952; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1952-1955; retired 1955