ALLIED LEADERS (11): Lieut-General Brooke
Lieut.-General Alan F. Brooke, C.B., D.S.0., who commands the Second Army Corps of the British Army in France, is the perfect ally. He was born of Irish parents in France and was educated there before going to Wool-
wich. He is 56 years of age and is one of the younger generals promoted during the Hore-Belisha régime. Most of the elderly generals have been retired and the younger men are now having their chance, General Brooke is an artillery man and one of the greatest artillery experts in the British Army of to-day. His knowledge was such that just before the 1938 crisis he was appointed chief of the Anti-Aircraft Corps, with the job of hurriedly bringing to perfection the coastal air defences. Last July he was appointed to the Southern Command, an indication that he would be one of the leaders should a British force go overseas. General Brooke received his commission in 1902 in the Royal Artillery, He served through the last war with the India Expeditionary Force and with the Canadian Corps. Gained his D.S.O. and bar, and was mentioned in despatches six times. From 1929 to 1932 he was in command of the artillery school; then instructor at the Imperial Staff College, and later Director of Military Training at the War Office. He has been married twice, has a son and a daughter by each marriage, dislikes publicity, and is regarded as one of the most handsome men in the Army.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 30, 19 January 1940, Page 2
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