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Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

British Field Marshal (1883-1963) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 79

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Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World War, and was promoted to field marshal on 1 January 1944.

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From right to left: Lawrence Cosgrave, Brooke, Edward Morrison and Andrew McNaughton during the First World WarFrom right to left: Lawrence Cosgrave, Brooke, Edward Morrison and Andrew McNaughton during the First World WarLieutenant-General Brooke, GOC II Corps, with Major-General Bernard Montgomery, GOC 3rd Division, and Major-General Dudley Johnson, GOC 4th Division, pictured here in either 1939 or 1940.Lieutenant-General Brooke, GOC II Corps, with Major-General Bernard Montgomery, GOC 3rd Division, and Major-General Dudley Johnson, GOC 4th Division, pictured here in either 1939 or 1940.Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Brooke sits for a portrait being painted by Reginald Eves, 30 April 1940.Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Brooke sits for a portrait being painted by Reginald Eves, 30 April 1940.The C-in-C Home Forces, General Sir Alan Brooke (left), during a visit to Northern Command with General Sir Ronald Adam (right), conferring around a 6-inch coastal defence gun, 6 August 1940.The C-in-C Home Forces, General Sir Alan Brooke (left), during a visit to Northern Command with General Sir Ronald Adam (right), conferring around a 6-inch coastal defence gun, 6 August 1940.General Sir Alan Brooke, C-in-C Home Forces (fifth from right, facing camera) inspecting a Tetrarch light tank at the Staff College, Camberley, 6 January 1941.General Sir Alan Brooke, C-in-C Home Forces (fifth from right, facing camera) inspecting a Tetrarch light tank at the Staff College, Camberley, 6 January 1941.Senior officers discuss operations during Exercise 'Bumper', 2 October 1941. On the left, the Chief Umpire, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, talks to the C-in-C Home Forces (soon CIGS), General Sir Alan Brooke.Senior officers discuss operations during Exercise 'Bumper', 2 October 1941. On the left, the Chief Umpire, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, talks to the C-in-C Home Forces (soon CIGS), General Sir Alan Brooke.General Sir Alan Brooke looking at a globe at his desk in the War Office in London, pictured here sometime in 1942.General Sir Alan Brooke looking at a globe at his desk in the War Office in London, pictured here sometime in 1942.

Awards

Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star1954
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer1946
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Order of Suvorov, 1st class
Order of the Garter
Distinguished Service Order
Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1883 to 1963 · aged 79

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