General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC (1894–1983) was a British Army general in World War II, and commander of British forces in the Mandate Palestine from 1946 to 1947. Barker is remembered for his order, following the King David Hotel bombing, that (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.
He was the son of a high-ranking officer, Major-Gener...
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General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC (1894–1983) was a British Army general in World War II, and commander of British forces in the Mandate Palestine from 1946 to 1947. Barker is remembered for his order, following the King David Hotel bombing, that (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.
He was the son of a high-ranking officer, Major-General Sir George Barker. In 1913, Evelyn Barker was commissioned with King's Royal Rifle Corps, and the next year sent to the French theatre of World War I. He fought in France, took part in the Thessaloniki operation, was wounded and decorated. In 1919, together with King's Royal Rifle Corps, Barker took part in the British military expedition against the Bolsheviks in the south of the former Russian Empire.
As commander of the 2nd battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, Barker served in Palestine during the Palestinian Arab Revolt of 1936 – 39,...
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