two foreign awards: the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (5th class) and the Italian Silver Medal for Military Valour. Bourne was transferred to the British Army of the Rhine as a General Staff Officer in March 1919, where he served until December of that year. His next posting came on New Years Day 1921, when he was appointed a brigade major with the RMA (till October 1923); he was then an instructor at the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, before graduating from the Imperial Defence College in 1931. A promotion to lieutenant colonel on 16 June 1929 was followed by brevet colonel on New Year's Eve 1932, with seniority from 31 December the previous year. The following September, he was appointed colonel 2nd commandant, having served as Assistant Adjutant General in the Royal Marines since March 1933. He was appointed colonel commandant on 5 October 1935 with the rank of temporary brigadier, before serving as an aide-de-camp to the King between March 1937 and September 1938. On 1 October 1938, he was promoted to the rank of major-general. The following year, he was promoted to lieutenant general and then in 1942 he became a general; as well as serving as Director of Combined Operations in 1940, he was Adjutant-General Royal Marines between 1939 and 1943, when he retired. At the time of his retirement, Bourne was the last officer in the Royal Marines to hold a commission from Queen Victoria. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1909, a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1937 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1941. He died on 24 June 1967. Likenesses Sir Alan George Barwys Bourne by Walter Stoneman, April 1945. Bromide print, 5 1/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (132 mm x 95 mm). Commissioned, 1945. National Portrait Gallery, London: Photographs Collection (NPG x165385). References Notes References External links Generals of World War II Royal Marine Officers 1939−1945 1882 births 1967 deaths People educated at Cheltenham College Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Royal Marines generals of World War II Royal Marines personnel of World War I Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Royal Marines generals Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Members of the Royal Victorian Order