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{{Infobox military person
|name = Arthur Rawlins [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]
|image =
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1866|05|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Dharamshala]], Himachal Pradesh, India
|death_date = {{death date and age|1943|11|16|1866|05|15|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Weston-super-Mare]], England
|rank = [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]
|serviceyears = 1888-1921
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]] {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]]
|commands = Bikaner Camel Corps 1st Battalion, [[24th Punjabis]]
|battles = [[Tirah Campaign]] [[China 1900]] [[Somaliland Campaign]] [[First World War]]
|awards = [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Mention in Dispatches|Mentioned in Dispatches]]
}}

[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Arthur Kennedy Rawlins''' {{Post-nominals|CIE|CBE|DSO|JP}} (15 May 1866 – 16 November 1943) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.

Rawlins was the son of [[James Rawlins|Major-General James Sebastian Rawlins]], a senior officer of the [[Indian Staff Corps]], and Emma Augusta Wilmot Parke. Born in [[Dharamshala]], India, he was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College]].

He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant 11 April, 1888.<ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 10, 1888.</ref> He was promoted Lieutenant 22 June 1889.<ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 21, 1889</ref>

He obtained a regular commission, as a Second Lieutenant, into the [[East Surrey Regiment]] on 21 December 1889 from the Militia, but transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in 1892.<ref>Haileybury and Imperial Service College Register 1862-1994, volume 1, page 86</ref> He was promoted to Lieutenant on 19 May 1892. Rawlins fought in the North-West Frontier between 1897 - 1898, notably being involved in the [[Tirah Campaign]] with the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry, later the [[24th Punjabis]] and on 20 May 1898 was made a Companion of [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref>''The India List and India Office List'' (Harrison, 1819), p.151. </ref>

He served in China in 1900.<ref>Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1924</ref>

He was deployed in the [[Somaliland Campaign]] between 1903 and 1904 and saw action at Jidballi and was [[Mention in Dispatches|Mentioned in Dispatches]] in the London Gazette 2 September 1904.<ref>Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1924</ref>

He was promoted Major on 21 December 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'' (7 February 1908) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28107/page/900/data.pdf</ref> He was promoted Lieut-Colonel 22 December 1915.<ref>Indian Army List April 1920</ref>

He served with Imperial Service Troops, commanding the Bikaner Camel Corps, throughout the First World War.<ref>War record of the 24th Punjabis by A. B. Haig, page 79</ref> He was [[Mention in Dispatches|Mentioned in Dispatches]] in the London Gazette four times during the war.<ref>Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1924</ref>

Rawlins later served in [[Salonika]] and the [[Russian Transcaucasia]], being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and taking command of the regiment.<ref>Rizvi, Brig SHA. (1984). ''Veteran Campaigners – A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981''. Lahore: Wajidalis.</ref> On 6 January 1919 he was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], having already been made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in recognition of his services with the Indian Army on the 25 August 1916.<ref>''The London Gazette'' (6 January 1919) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13379/page/86/data.pdf</ref>

Following his retirement from the Army, Rawlins moved to England and lived at [[Weston-super-Mare]], where he was a [[Justice of the Peace]]. He died unmarried in 1943. Rawlins was the great-uncle of [[Kenneth Spring]].

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