Sir Alan Hartley | |
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Born | October 24, 1882 |
Died | December 7, 1954 | (aged 72)
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1901 - 1944 |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse 4th Indian Cavalry Brigade Waziristan District Rawalpindi District Northern Command, India Commander-in-Chief, India |
Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I World War II |
Awards |
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Alan Fleming Hartley GCIE KCSI CB DSO (24 October 1882 – 7 December 1954) was a British Indian Army General during World War II.
Military career[]
Educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hartley was commissioned into the 68th Durham Light Infantry as a second lieutenant on 8 January 1901,[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 May 1905 (seniority 5 June 1903)[2] and transferred to the Indian Army that year.[3] He served in the Second Boer War and in World War I being mentioned in dispatches three times and awarded the DSO.[3] He was promoted to captain on 8 January 1910,[4] to major in June 1917[5] and to acting lieutenant-colonel in 1917.[5]
In 1921 he became a General Staff Officer in India and in 1925 he was made an Instructor at the Staff College at Quetta.[3] He then became Commanding Officer of the 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse Regiment.[3] In 1931 he became Commander of the Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade[3] after which he was made Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at Army Headquarters in New Delhi.[3] In 1936 he became Commander of Waziristan District.[3]
By the start of World War II he was Commander of Rawalpindi District and then in 1940 he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, India.[3] In January 1942 he succeeded General Sir Archibald Wavell for a short time as Commander-in-Chief, India.[3] Wavell was reappointed in March 1942 and Hartley was appointed Deputy Commander in Chief.[3] In Spring 1942 he was fighting the Japanese on the Eastern border of India.[6] He retired in 1944.[3]
Family[]
In 1914 he married Phillippa Osborne.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 27264". 8 January 1901. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27264/page/
- ↑ "No. 27845". 17 October 1905. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27845/page/
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Obituary:Sir Alan Fleming Hartley
- ↑ "No. 28350". 22 March 1910. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28350/page/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "No. 30251". 25 August 1917. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30251/page/
- ↑ World Battlefronts: Bitter Blow Time Magazine, 9 March 1942
- ↑ Jane's Genealogy Pages
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