Brookes | W | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Gordon Highlanders |
Brookes | W | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Coldstream Guards |
Brookes | W | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 9th Battery, RFA |
Brookes | W H | | | A Division
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
Brookes | W H | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 44th Battery |
Brookes | W H | | | Source: WO100/284 | Port Elizabeth TG |
Brookes | W H | 24199 | Trooper | Discharged 15 Jun 01 time expired
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | South African Light Horse |
Brookes | W J | 610 | Driver | Died of disease. Bloemfontein, 15 May 1900
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | 85th Battery, RFA |
Brookes | William | 34620 | Trooper | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 89th Company, 9th Btn, IY |
Brookes-Ball | W | | | Source: QSA and KSA rolls | British South Africa Police |
Brookesbank | Allen | 2717 | Private | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 23rd Company, 8th Btn, IY |
Brookfield | Allen Frank | 32996 | Trooper | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 71st Company, 18th Btn, IY |
Brookfield | Arthur Montagu | | Colonel | Was born March 18, 1853, and is son of Reverend Prebendary Brookfield and of Jane, daughter of Sir C Elton. He was educated at Rugby and Jesus College, Cambridge, afterwards serving with the 13th Hussars from 1873 to 1880. From 1884 to 1900 he was Lieutenant Colonel and Hon Colonel in the 1st Cinque Ports Volunteers, and in the latter year, as Lieutenant- Colonel, commanded the 14th Battalion of IY in the Boer War . He commanded a Brigade at Kroonstad, and was in command of the convoy in the actions on June 25-27 between Kroonstad and Lindley, for which he was mentioned in Lord Roberts' despatch. He also relieved the garrisons of Katbasch and Honigspruit on June 22, and was mentioned in General Kelly-Kenny's despatch; was afterwards present at the actions at RetiePs Nek, and the subsequent occupation of Fouriesburg (medal and 3 clasps). Colonel Brookfield sat in Parliament from 1885-1903 for East Sussex, during which period he initiated and carried the Uniforms Act. He was Chairman of the Committee on Civil Employment for Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, and wrote The Speaker's A B C (1894). He was appointed HM Consul for Danzig July 27, 1903, is a JP for E Sussex, and a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He married in 1877 Olive, daughter of J Murray Hamilton, of Dumfries and Buffalo, USA. | 14th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry |
Brookfield | F C | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | New Zealand, 7th Contingent |
Brookfield | W | 1532 | Corporal | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9 | (Cameronians) Scottish Rifles |
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