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Sir Alan Hartley
Born (1882-10-24)October 24, 1882
Died December 7, 1954(1954-12-07) (aged 72)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army British Army
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[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Coleridge
GOC-in-C, Northern Command, India
1940 – 1942
Succeeded by
Sir Cyril Noyes
Preceded by
Sir Archibald Wavell
Commander-in-Chief, India
January 1942–March 1942
Succeeded by
Sir Archibald Wavell
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