Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George "Alex"
- Date of birth:
- December 10th, 1891 (London, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- June 16th, 1969 (Slough/Berkshire, South East England, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British
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Military Cross (MC)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
- Awarded on:
- January 14th, 1916
Invested on 1st March, 1916 at Buckingham Palace by King George V.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1916
Invested at Buckingham Palace 24 January, 1917 by King George V
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- January 4th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 27th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1919
- Awarded on:
- February 3rd, 1920
Companion of the Star of India (CSI)
- Awarded on:
- February 7th, 1936
- Awarded on:
- February 7th, 1936
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1936
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Southern Command, British Army
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1940
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Southern Command, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1942
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Middle East Command, British Army
- Awarded on:
- October 28th, 1942
Commander-in-Chief
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Middle East Command, British Army
- Awarded on:
- November 11th, 1942
Commander-in-Chief
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 15th Army Group, Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- August 10th, 1943
Orden Suvorova 1
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 15th Army Group, Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1944
Basilikon Tagma toy Georgioya A - Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Allied Armies in Italy (AAI), Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1944
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Mediterranean Forces, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- December 7th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- Mediterranean Forces, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1945
Supreme Allied Commander
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- January 20th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1946
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1951
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1959
Orden Swjatoi Anny - II
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - Smart, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005
- Mead, R., Churchill’s Lions – A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II, Spellmount Publishers Ltd., Chalford, England, 2007
- unithistories.com
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34518/supplement/3688
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