Churchill's chief military advisor in WW2. Born (and brought up) in France as Alan Brooke into the Irish aristocracy. Entered the army aged 18 and served in Ireland and India and then in WW1, in France. Married twice, his first wife dying in 1925 in a car crash in which he was driving. In WW2 he was Chief of the Imperial General Staff and then Field Marshal. As a keen ornithologist he was president of the Zoological Society of London 1950 - 1954 and vice-president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Died at home in Hampshire.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Field Marshal, First Viscount Alanbrooke
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Alanbrooke statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke {Right s...
Other Subjects
William West
Had served in the Hampshire Regiment. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital and a patient in the Infirmary.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
A. G. Bullen
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Simon James Turner
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Simon James Turner was born on 17 July 1962. He joined the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery and upon le...
1 memorial
G. P. A. Neiser
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. Chambers
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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