| Alfred Robinson | |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1894 |
| Death Date: | 4 March 1978 (aged 83) |
| Birth Place: | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1914–1948 |
| Servicenumber: | 9713 |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Unit: | Green Howards |
| Commands: | 1st Battalion, Green Howards 115th Infantry Brigade 47th (London) Infantry Division RAF Regiment |
| Battles: | First World War Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in dispatches |
Major-General Alfred Eryk Robinson (19 September 1894 – 4 March 1978) was a British Army officer.
Robinson was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1894, and was educated at Scarborough College. He later entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the Green Howards on 12 August 1914 and saw service during the First World War. He was wounded twice during the war and was also mentioned in dispatches twice.
He remained in the army during the interwar period and the start of World War II saw him as 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.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division in September 1942,[2] 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.[3]
He was colonel of the Green Howards from 1949 to 1959.[4]
He was a Deputy Lieutenant for North Riding of Yorkshire from 1952 and a Justice of the peace from 1953.
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