Richard Hugh Barry

Barry as Director, NATO Standing Group, 1952

Born| (1908-11-09)9 November 1908
London, England
Died| 30 April 1999(1999-04-30) (aged 90)
Allegiance| United Kingdom
Service / branch| British Army
Years of service| 1929–1960
Rank| Major-General
Unit| Somerset Light Infantry
Battles / wars| World War II
Awards| CB, CBE

British Army officer (1908–1999)

Major-General Richard Hugh Barry, CB, CBE (9 November 1908 – 30 April 1999) was a British Army officer and a member of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.

## Biography

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Barry was born in London, the only son and elder child of Army officer Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Percival Barry and Helen Charlotte, née Stephens. His paternal great-grandfather was the architect Sir Charles Barry. He was educated at Winchester College, where he was a commoner, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry, his father's regiment, in 1929.[1]

He joined the Special Operations Executive in 1941, first as the head of the operations department. Attached to the planning staff of Dwight D. Eisenhower in November 1942, he was recalled to the SOE in 1943 as Colin Gubbins's chief of staff.[1]

After the war, Barry was posted to Stockholm as military attaché in 1946, before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff, Western Europe Land Forces in 1948.

## References

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1. ^ a b M. R. D. Foot. "Barry, Richard Hugh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72244. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)