Alfred Robinson (British Army officer)


Alfred Eryk Robinson was a British Army officer.

Military career

Robinson was commissioned into the Green Howards on 12 August 1914 and saw service during the First World War. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Green Howards in 1939 and commanded the battalion during the Norwegian campaign, before being given command of 115th Brigade in October 1940 on his return to England. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 47th Infantry Division in September 1942, Director-General of Air Defence at the Air Ministry in 1944 and Inspector of Ground Combat Training at the Air Ministry in 1945 before retiring in 1948.
He was colonel of the Green Howards from 1949 to 1959.