Alan Hartley

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Alan Fleming Hartley , GCIE , KCSI , CB , DSO ( October 24, 1882 , † September 7, 1954 ) was a British general in the British Indian Army , who between 1940 and 1942 was Commander in Chief of the North Command of the British Indian Army as well Between 1942 and 1944 he was Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian Army. In 1942 he was also temporarily Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian Army .

Life

Alan Fleming Hartley, son of doctor Dr. Reginald Hartley, after attending the prestigious Charterhouse School founded in 1611, began an officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst . Once finished, he was in 1901 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Light Infantry Regiment Durham Light Infantry accepted and participated in the Second Boer War in part. After his promotion to first lieutenant in 1905 he moved to British India in the British Indian Army (Indian Army) and served there in the 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) . After further posts as an officer and staff officer , he took part in the First World War and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his military services . He served as an instructor at Staff College Quetta from December 21, 1924 to December 31, 1926 . Then he was between 1927 and 1930 he was used as a commanding officer ( Commanding Officer ) of the 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse and then attended a course at the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London .

On his return, Hartley was a Brigadier General (Brigadier) from December 17, 1932 to September 15, 1933 first in command of the 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade and then between September 16, 1933 and June 2, 1936 head of the Department of Military Operations and British Indian Army Intelligence (Director Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters India) . On December 31, 1935, he became Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). As Major General (Major-General) , he served on 14 December 1937 to 20 July 1938 to commander of the Military District Waziristan (District Officer Commanding Waziristan District) and between 8 July 1939 and 5 June 1940 as commander of the Military District Rawalpindi ( District Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District) .

As the successor of General John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge took General Alan Hartley on June 6, 1940 post as commander in chief of the Northern Command of the British Indian Army (General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command, British India) and had this to 4 January 1942, whereupon General Cyril Noyes succeeded him. On July 1, 1941, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) and from then on carried the suffix Sir . While the local absence of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell served it between January 5 and March 7, 1942 as the Indian British Acting Commander in Chief of the Army (Acting Commander in Chief India) and was followed on 7 March 1942 until its entry into the Retired on June 15, 1944, both Deputy Commander in Chief of the British Indian Army (Deputy Commander in Chief India) and Chief General Staff of the British Indian Army (Chief General Staff, Army Headquarters India) . At the same time he also acted as aide-de-camp for King George VI between 1942 and 1944 . and on January 1, 1944 was also Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE).

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  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 424
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 348
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 428
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 395
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 384
  6. ↑ a b KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 342
  8. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 342
predecessor Office successor
General John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge General Officer Commanding in Chief North Command, Indian Army
1940–1942 		General Cyril Noyes
Field Marshal Archibald Wavell Acting Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army in
1942 		Field Marshal Archibald Wavell
personal data
SURNAME Hartley, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartley, Alan Fleming (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1882
DATE OF DEATH 7th September 1954