Arthur Marindin

Major-General Arthur Henry Marindin (18 August 1868 – 28 June 1947) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 35th Division.

Military career
Marindin was commissioned into the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) on 7 November 1891. He was graded as a deputy-assistant adjutant-general on 29 April 1900 and saw action during the First World War. He was appointed acting General Officer Commanding the 35th Division on a temporary basis on 27 March 1918: that division was involved in a series of fighting withdrawals since being committed to battle on 25 March 1918 near Cléry-sur-Somme, some 13 mi east of Dernancourt. He was confirmed in that post on a substantive basis on 7 April 1918. Marindin went on to command 3rd Highland Brigade as part of British Army of the Rhine in March 1919.

He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 Birthday Honours.