Arthur Rawlins

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Kennedy Rawlins (15 May 1866 – 16 November 1943) was a British Indian Army officer. Rawlins was the son of Major-General James Sebastian Rawlins, a senior officer of the Indian Staff Corps, and Emma Augusta Wilmot Parke. Born in Dharamshala, India, he was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant 11 April, 1888. He was promoted Lieutenant 22 June 1889. He obtained a regular commission, as a Second Lieutenant, into the East Surrey Regiment on 21 December 1889 from the Militia, but transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in 1892. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 19 May 1892. Rawlins fought in the North-West Frontier between 1897 - 1898, notably being involved in the Tirah Campaign with the 11th Regiment of Punjab Infantry, later the 24th Punjabis and on 20 May 1898 was made a Companion of Distinguished Service Order.