Harry Triscott Brooking

Sir Harry Triscott Brooking, KCB, Knight Commander of the [Order of the Star of India|KCSI], Knight Commander of the [Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG] 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.
In January 1911 he was promoted to colonel. and in October took over the position of GSO1 of the 5th Indian Division from Colonel Arthur Lowry Cole. In January 1914 he was made a CB.
During the First World War, which began in the summer of 1914, he commanded the 12th Indian Brigade from 20 September 1915 to 7 May 1916 and the 15th Indian Division from 7 May 1916.