Brooke, Alan Francis, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
- Date of birth:
- July 23rd, 1883 (Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France)
- Date of death:
- June 17th, 1963 (Hartley Wintney/Hampshire, Great Britain)
- Buried on:
- St. Mary Old Churchyard
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 18th (Eastern) Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Canadian Corps, Canadian Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1918
Second DSO received as bar.
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Canadian Corps, Canadian Army
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1918
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Unit:
- Directorate of Military Training, Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1937
Director
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Unit:
- Headquarters, II Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1940
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Gelb
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1942
Chief of Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1943
Orden Suvorova 1
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- February 26th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1946
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1946
With palm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1946
With palm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1946
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - Ridder Grootkruis (NL.1)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- February 13th, 1948
Royal decree no.34
Storkommandører af Dannebrog
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- 1951
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1953
Grã-Cruzes Ordem Militar de Cristo
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- 1955
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
War Diary mentions
27 January 1944 WO 171/583 - 79 Armoured Division
Gen D.W. Eisenhower, S.C.A.E.F. and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, C.I.G.S. visited 79 Armd Div.
Sources
- Photo 1: British Government
- Photo 2: R Neil Marshman (CC Attribution Share Alike 3.0)
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38288/supplement/2921/data.pdf
- Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Britse staatsburgers voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29886/supplement/20
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30563/supplement/2973
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34365/supplement/690
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34873/page/3608
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36200/supplement/4441
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30631/supplement/4523
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2759
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37761/supplement/5140
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37761/supplement/5140
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37761/supplement/5144
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39863/supplement/2946
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39863/supplement/2946
- CIDADAOS ESTRANGEIROS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honoraficas Portuguesas
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