In Memory Of

BROOKE, HENRY BRIAN

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1889-12-09
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Gordon Highlanders
Date of Death:
 1916-07-24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Memetz
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 N. 19.
Cemetery:
 ABERDEEN (SPRINGBANK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Aberdeenshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 238
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