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{{Infobox military person
|name = Alan Barker
|image =
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|birth_date = 29 October 1898
|birth_place = [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]], England
|death_date = August 1984
|death_place = [[Trowbridge]], [[Wiltshire]], England
|rank = [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]]
|serviceyears = 1916−1948
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]]
|commands = [[27th Indian Infantry Brigade]] [[43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade]]
|battles = [[First World War]] [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] [[Second World War]]
|awards = Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] [[Military Cross]]
}}
[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Alan Robert Barker''' {{post-nominals|DSO|OBE|MC}} (29 October 1898 – August 1984) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer of the [[Second World War]].

On 27 October 1916 Barker was commissioned into the Indian Army on the unattached list, and between January and August 1917 he served with the [[Royal Flying Corps]] in France.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29803|date=24 October 1916|page=10407|supp=y}}</ref><ref name="Officers of the Indian Army">{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_B01.html#Barker_AR|title=Indian Army officer histories|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 October 1917, and received a commission in the [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]]. Barker then joined the [[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry]] serving in India.

In 1919 he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for his actions in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32001|date=30 July 1920|page=8053|supp=y}}</ref> Between 1937 and 1940 he was Brigade Major of the [[Peshawar Brigade]], and he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1942.<ref name="Officers of the Indian Army" /> At some point during the [[interwar period]] he attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]].<ref name="Officers of the Indian Army" />

In July 1942 Barker became the commander of the [[27th Indian Infantry Brigade]], and led the brigade during operations in the Middle East.<ref name="Officers of the Indian Army" /> In 1944, he became commander of the [[43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade]], engaged in the [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]. On 18 October 1945 he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his leadership during heavy fighting on the [[Gothic Line]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37310|date=16 October 1945|page=5099|supp=y}}</ref> On 23 May 1948 he retired from the Indian Army, but was retained on the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers.

He was Honorary Colonel of the 10th (Wiltshire) Battalion, Mobile Defence Corps.<ref name="Officers of the Indian Army" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Barker/Alan_Robert/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
*[https://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_B01.html#Barker_AR Indian Army Officers 1939−1945]

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