Arthur Barratt

Sir Arthur Barratt
Air Marshal Barratt in front of a Hurricane which he often used to visit his airfields
Nickname(s)	"Ugly"
Born	(1891-02-25)25 February 1891 Peshawar, British India
Died	4 November 1966(1966-11-04) (aged 75)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1910–18) Royal Air Force (1918–47)
Years of service	1910–47
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands held	Inspector-General of the RAF (1945–47) Technical Training Command (1943–45) Army Cooperation Command (1940–43) British Air Forces in France (1940) RAF Staff College, Andover (1936–39) No. 1 (Indian) Group (1931–32) School of Army Co-operation (1926–27) 3rd (Corps) Wing (1917–19) No. 49 Squadron (1917) No. 6 Squadron (1916–17)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (6) Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Other work	Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC, DL (25 February 1891 – 4 November 1966) was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He acquired the nickname "Ugly".

Barratt was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1910 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1914. He served in the First World War, commanding No. 6 Squadron and then No. 49 Squadron before taking over 3rd (Corps) Wing. After the war he became Assistant Commandant at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell and then Staff Officer for Administration at Headquarters No. 3 Group. He was made Commandant at the School of Army Co-operation in 1926 and Air Staff Officer to the General Officer Commanding Shanghai in April 1927 before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 22 Group in November 1927. He went on to be Chief Instructor at the RAF Staff College, Andover in 1929, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 (Indian) Group in 1931 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF India in 1932. After that he was Director of Staff Duties at the Air Ministry in 1935 and then returned to the RAF Staff College, Andover, as Commandant in 1936.