Honours Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke




1 honours

1.1 united kingdom
1.2 foreign decorations
1.3 coat of arms





honours
united kingdom

brooke created baron alanbrooke, of brookeborough in county of fermanagh, in 1945, , viscount alanbrooke in 1946. other awards included:



knight of garter (kg) in 1946.
knight grand cross of order of bath (gcb) in 1942,

knight commander of order of bath (kcb) in 1940,

companion of order of bath (cb) in 1937




member of order of merit (om) in 1946
knight grand cross of royal victorian order (gcvo) in 1953
distinguished service order in 1916 , bar in 1918
adc general king, 1944 1946
colonel commandant glider pilot regiment 19??–1951
colonel commandant honourable artillery company 1946–1954
master gunner, st. james s park, ceremonial head of royal regiment of artillery 1946–1956
constable of tower of london, 1950–1955
colonel commandant royal artillery 19??–1957
deputy lieutenant county of southampton , town of southampton 1950
lord lieutenant of county of london 1950–1957

he served chancellor of queen s university of belfast 1949 until death. @ coronation of queen elizabeth ii appointed lord high constable of england, commanding troops taking part in event. in 1993, statue of field marshal lord alanbrooke erected in front of ministry of defence in whitehall in london. statue flanked statues of britain s other 2 leading generals of second world war, viscount slim , viscount montgomery.


foreign decorations

order of polonia restituta 1st class (poland) (1943)
order of suvorov 1st class (ussr) (1944)
grand cordon of order of leopold palm (belgium) (1946)
croix de guerre 1940 palm (belgium) (1946)
grand cross of order of redeemer (greece) (1946)
knight grand cross of order of netherlands lion (1948)
croix de guerre (belgium) (1918)
grand cross of order of dannebrog (denmark) (1951)
order of christ (portugal) (1955)

coat of arms

his coat of arms issued him college of arms is: or, cross engrailed per pale gules , sable, in dexter chief crescent difference.








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