DescriptionMajor-General Sir Charles St Leger Barter, KCB, KCMG, CVO (1857–1931).jpg
English: Charles St Leger Barter (1857-1931) Major-General KCB, KCMG, CVO. GOC Infantry Division, Educated abroad, RMC Sandhurst psc King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Charles St Leger Barter was the son of the Rev J T Barter of Bercham, Co Cork. He was commissioned in the 105th Foot (later 2nd Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) on 1 September 1875. He passed Staff College in 1883 and saw active service in the Ashanti Expedition (1895-6), the Tirah Campaign (1897) and the South African War (1899-1901), during which he was wounded at the Modder River. His appointments as Instructor at the RMC Sandhurst (1884-6) and as CO 2nd Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (1898-1902) were the marks of a ‘coming man’. He completed a four-year tour as GOC Poona Brigade in India in June 1913.
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