Brigadier Alan Ward Brown CBE DSO MC (8 July 1909 – 1 September 1971) was a British Army tank officer of the Second World War.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Brown attended a shortened course at the Staff College, Camberley from January to April 1940.

[3] Following this, he served in a variety of high level staff positions until late October 1942 when he was assigned to Major-General Percy Hobart's 79th Armoured Division as its General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1).

He served in France following the Normandy landings and until April 1945 was CO of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment.

In 1955, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and he retired with the rank of brigadier on 10 July 1958.