George de Symons Barrow was from a military family, born in India on 25 Oct 1864, the son of a Major General in the Indian Army. He was the last Colonel of the 20th Hussars and continued as Colonel of the amalgamated 14th/20th Hussars.

Barrow was commissioned into the Connaught Rangers in 1884.

Having transferred to the 35th Scinde Horse, British Indian Army in 1886, he served in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India in 1895 and was promoted to Captain on 23 August 1895. 

He became aide-de-camp (ADC) to General Sir William Lockhart, Commander-in-Chief in India, in September 1899, then served in China during the Boxer Rebellion the following year. 

In December 1901 he was appointed ADC to General Sir Arthur Palmer, who had succeeded as Commander-in-Chief in India, and the following March he also took the position of Interpreter to the C-in-C. Promotion to Major followed on 23 August 1902.

He was appointed Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General in India in 1903, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Staff College, Camberley in 1908 and then became a staff officer at the Staff College, Quetta in 1911. 

He served in World War I as a staff Officer on British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and as General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division in 1917 and in 1918 being present at the fall of Jerusalem in Palestine in 1917. 

He served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 and became General Officer Commanding the Peshawar District of India in 1919, Adjutant-General, India in 1923 and General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, India later that year before retiring in 1929.

1922 he was appointed Colonel of Regiment where he served until 20 May 1937.

He also served in the Home Guard during World War II.

Sadly, Col George de Symons Barrow Died on the 28 December 1959.

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