Sir Walter Barttelot, 3rd Baronet

Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet, DSO (22 March 1880 – 23 October 1918) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and grandson of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet. The Barttelots resided at "At Ford", in the parish of Stopham Sussex.

Early life and military career Barttelot was born at The Manor, Sidmouth on 22 March 1880. He was educated at Fonthill, East Grinstead and Eton College.

He then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment on 6 December 1899. The regiment was stationed in South Africa, so he was involved throughout the Second Boer War, part of the time he was an Aide de Camp to General Talbot Coke, and he also served as a staff officer to Colonel Williams, who commanded a Mounted Infantry Column. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards on 12 February 1901, returning to the United Kingdom with them in October 1902. The 3rd baronet received the Queen's South Africa Medal with six clasps and the King's South Africa Medal with two. and to captain on 18 May 1910. He served in Egypt from 1906 to 1908, and from 12 August 1913 to 14 October 1914, Military Secretary to Lord Denman the Governor-General of Australia.

First World War With the outbreak of the First World War, Barttelot initially served in France with the 4th (Reserve) Battalion Coldstream Guards, from 12 August 1914, where he was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne and also awarded the French Croix de Guerre. He was then appointed a General Staff Officer, Grade III on 11 February 1915 and was concerned with coastal defence around Portland, and served in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign from July 1915, where he was promoted major on 1 September 1915. He was appointed a brigade major on 11 January 1916, for the Mesopotamian campaign. He was appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 22 December 1916, and appointed GSO, Grade II from 11 September 1917. and was Military Attaché to Tehran from 17 March 1918 with temporary promotion to lieutenant-colonel whilst performing those duties. He was awarded a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel for his service in Mesopotamia on 3 June 1918, and was killed, (aged 38) on 23 October 1918 in Tehran, Persia In addition to his DSO, he had also been Mentioned in Despatches four times.

Family Barttelot was survived by his wife and two sons. The eldest son, Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Baronet, was killed in action as a brigadier on 16 August 1944, in Normandy during Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Barttelot was commemorated with memorial services in Stopham Parish Church on 9 November 1918, and at Holy Trinity Brompton on 11 November. His widow remarried, to Commander N. W. Diggle CMG, Naval Attaché in Rome, on 30 April 1920.

Barttelot's brother, Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot, had been killed in the early days of World War I, whilst commanding the destroyer HMS Liberty during the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

Legacy Barttelot Road, in Horsham West Sussex, takes its name from the family.