Harry Triscott Brooking
Major-General Sir Harry Triscott Brooking, KCB, KCSI, KCMG (13 January 1864 – 17 January 1944) was a British Indian Army officer. He is best remembered for his victories at Ramadi in 1917 and at Khan Baghdadi in 1918 during the First World War, which have been described as "among the most perfectly conceived and conducted minor battles of the whole war".[1]
Life and career
[edit]The son of an Indian Army officer, Brooking was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers in 1884, before transferring to the Indian Army the following year.[1]
During the First World War, he commanded the 12th Indian Brigade from 20 September 1915 to 7 May 1916 and the 15th Indian Division from 7 May 1916.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Brooking, Sir Harry Triscott". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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[edit]- 1864 births
- 1944 deaths
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- British Indian Army generals
- British military personnel in colonial India
- British military personnel of World War I
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- South Wales Borderers officers
- British military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion