Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward McNamara KCB, CMG, DSO (1877–1949) was a British Army officer.
[2] He served as a signaling officer in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), and after the end of this war returned to a regular commission with his regiment in November 1902, with the 2nd battalion station in the Orange River Colony.
[3] He was listed on the SS Nubia which left Cape Town for Southampton in December 1902,[4] and was promoted to a captain on 22 January 1903.
[7][8] McNamara, who in June 1919 was promoted to brevet colonel,[9] became commander of the 19th Indian Infantry Brigade in India in December 1923 and, after becoming commandant of the Small Arms School in October 1926,[10] he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1928 Birthday Honours.
[10][13] He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1938 New Year Honours[14] before retiring in August 1938.