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Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

(1883-1963), Field Marshal

Sitter in 32 portraits
Field-Marshal; Commander-in-Chief Home Forces (1940); Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1941); Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1941-5). Churchill's principal military adviser from 1941, Alanbrooke was an adroit liaison between British and American military and political leaders, responsible for a large part of the strategic planning of the Normandy invasions of 1944.

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Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Yousuf Karsh - NPG P490(1)

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(1)

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Juliet Pannett - NPG 4346

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Juliet Pannett
chalk, 1961
NPG 4346

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x156517

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 July 1939
NPG x156517

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x156518

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 July 1939
NPG x156518

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x83928

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 31 July 1939
NPG x83928

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x83929

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 31 July 1939
NPG x83929

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x163459

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1941
NPG x163459

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x76876

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, October 1942
NPG x76876

Winston Churchill with the British delegation at the Casablanca Conference, by Unknown photographer - NPG x194247

Winston Churchill with the British delegation at the Casablanca Conference

by Unknown photographer
vintage print, January 1943
NPG x194247

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Winston Churchill; Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Unknown photographer - NPG x198366

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Winston Churchill; Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1943
NPG x198366

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x72676

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 17 July 1944
NPG x72676

Winston Churchill with Chiefs of Staff, by Planet News - NPG x194065

Winston Churchill with Chiefs of Staff

by Planet News
bromide print, 7 May 1945
NPG x194065

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Howard Coster - NPG x2417

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2417

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Howard Coster - NPG x2552

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2552

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x86131

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 16 August 1950
NPG x86131

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x163458

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1952
NPG x163458

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Paul Laib - NPG x38491

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Paul Laib
bromide print, 1957
NPG x38491

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x74249

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Hay Wrightson
bromide print
NPG x74249

The Coronation Procession, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3619

The Coronation Procession

by Cecil Beaton
ink, 1953
NPG D3619

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Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 October 1936
NPG x104459

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