Alan Hinde

Hinde attended the Staff College in 1911. He was promoted to major in February 1912,^[8] and was appointed to the staff in October 1913.^[9] Hinde served during the First World War, being appointed a 2nd Grade General Staff Officer in January 1915,^[10] and a temporary lieutenant colonel in June 1915, whilst serving as a 1st Grade Staff Officer.^[11] In January 1917, he was made a brevet colonel and in the latter part of the war he served on the staff of Field Marshal Haig,^[12] and was made a temporary brigadier-general in March 1918.^[13] Engagements he was present at during the war included the Battle of Mons and the First Battle of Ypres. In August 1918 Hinde was decorated by France with the Legion of Honour,^[14] whilst following the war, he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1919 New Year Honours.^[15] He relinquished the temporary rank of brigadier-general in July 1919 and returned to the RA from the staff,^[16][17] later gaining the full rank of colonel in January 1921.^[18] He later returned to the staff, serving as a liaison officer in Upper Silesia during the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite,^[19] retiring in March 1923 with the honorary rank of brigadier-general.^[20]

Hinde lived in Great Cornard in Suffolk following his retirement, where he was active in local politics. He was chairman of the Melford Rural District Council for fourteen years from 1932 to 1946,^[21] and later stood as a candidate for West Suffolk County Council in 1939, following a vacancy left by the elevation of a sitting councillor to alderman.^[22][23] He also served as a justice of the peace for West Suffolk.^[24] With rationing still implemented in post-war Britain, Hinde was the food executive officer for Sudbury and Melford until his retirement from that post in January 1950.^[25] He died at Great Cornard in August 1950.^[26]

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