Service Details
Name:
 BROOKE
Given Name:
 HENRY BRIAN
Initials:
 H B
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Gordon Highlanders
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-24
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Date of Birth:
 1889-12-09
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Memetz
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 238
Additional
Information:
Son of Sir Harry Vesey Brooke, K.B.E., and Lady Brooke, of Fairley, Countesswells, Aberdeen. Served in British East Africa (wounded) and France (where he was mortally wounded). His brothers James Anson Otho Brooke (V.C.) and Patrick Henry Brooke also died in service. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Aberdeenshire
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Cemetery:
 ABERDEEN (SPRINGBANK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 N. 19.

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