Alan Hartley
| Sir Alan Hartley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 October 1882 |
| Died | 7 December 1954 (aged 72) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army British Indian Army
|
| Years of service | 1901–1944 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 1st battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade 4th (Secunderabad) 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, psc (24 October 1882 – 7 December 1954) was a British Indian Army officer during World War II.
Born in 1882, the son of Dr Reginald Hartley, M.D. Educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hartley was commissioned into the 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry as a second lieutenant on 8 January 1901. He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 May 1905 (seniority 5 June 1903), transferred to the Indian Army and appointed to 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) that year.
He served in the Second Boer War (from May 1901 to May 1902) and in World War I in France, the Balkans and Mesopotamia, being mentioned in dispatches three times and awarded the DSO. He was promoted to captain on 8 January 1910, to major in June 1917 and to acting lieutenant-colonel in 1917, commanding 1st battalion York and Lancaster Regiment at Salonika.
From May 1921 to July 1924 he was a General Staff Officer grade 2 in India and from December 1924 to December 1926 he was an Instructor at the Staff College at Quetta. From April 1927 to April 1931 he was the Commanding Officer of the 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, and he saw service during the operations on the North West Frontier 1930-31 as officiating Commander, 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade and was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette 26 June 1931 He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1931. In January 1932 he became Commander of the 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade after which, in September 1933, he was made Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at Army Headquarters in New Delhi. A brigadier by 1935, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1936 New Year Honours and promoted to major-general on 9 January 1936.
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