General Sir William Henry Bartholomew, GCB, CMG, DSO (16 March 1877 – 31 December 1962) was a senior British Army officer during the 1930s and a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.
[5] After serving as an adjutant in July 1906,[6] he attended the Staff College, Quetta from 1909 to 1910.
[3] He was appointed Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1929 and Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office in 1931.
[3][1] Bartholomew was made an Aide de Camp General to the King from 1938 to 1940 and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1934 to 1937.
[3][1] In retirement, Bartholomew served as North Eastern Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence between 1940 and 1945.