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Major-General Arthur Henry Marindin CB, DSO (18 August 1868 – 28 June 1947) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 35th Division.

Military career

Marindin was commissioned into the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) on 7 November 1891. He was graded as a deputy-assistant adjutant-general on 29 April 1900 and saw action during the First World War. He was appointed acting General Officer Commanding the 35th Division on a temporary basis on 27 March 1918: that division was involved in a series of fighting withdrawals since being committed to battle on 25 March 1918 near Cléry-sur-Somme, some 13 miles (21 km) east of Dernancourt. He was confirmed in that post on a substantive basis on 7 April 1918. Marindin went on to command 3rd Highland Brigade as part of British Army of the Rhine in March 1919.

He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 Birthday Honours.

References

1. "Army List". 1938.
2. "No. 27240". The London Gazette. 23 October 1900. p. 6480.
3. Davson (2003), p. 212.
4. Davson (2003), pp. 294–296.
5. "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1918. p. 29.
6. "No. 13453". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 June 1919. p. 1824.

Sources

• Davson, H. M. (2003) . The History of the 35th Division in the Great War (Naval & Military Press ed.). London: Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84342-643-1.

• 1868 births
• 1947 deaths
• Black Watch officers
• British Army major generals
• Companions of the Order of the Bath
• Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
• 19th-century British Army personnel
• British Army generals of World War I