Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Viscount Alanbrooke KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar
Brooke as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1942
3rd Chancellor of the Queen's University Belfast
In office 1949–1963
Monarch	George VI Elizabeth II
Preceded by	7th Marquess of Londonderry
Succeeded by	Sir Tyrone Guthrie
Personal details
Born	Alan Francis Brooke (1883-07-23)23 July 1883 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France[1]
Died	17 June 1963(1963-06-17) (aged 79) Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England
Nickname(s)	"Brookie"[2] "Colonel Shrapnel"[3]
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1902–1946
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1941–1946) Home Forces (1940–1941) II Corps (1939–1940) Southern Command (1939) Mobile Division (1937) 8th Infantry Brigade (1934–1935) School of Artillery (1929–1932)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Member of the Order of Merit Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (7) See below

Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World War, and was promoted to field marshal on 1 January 1944.^[4] As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke was the foremost military advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and had the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts in the Allies' victory in 1945. After retiring from the British Army, he served as Lord High Constable of England during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His war diaries attracted attention for their criticism of Churchill and for Brooke's forthright views on other leading figures of the war.