• Source: 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".


    Life and career


    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.
    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.


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    Portraits of Sir Harry Triscott Brooking at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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