Education
Born on 9 June 1871 to Charles Kennedy Brooke and Isabella Julia (née Merston), Hugh Fenwick Brooke was educated at Bedford School between 1885 and 1890.
Born on 9 June 1871 to Charles Kennedy Brooke and Isabella Julia (née Merston), Hugh Fenwick Brooke was educated at Bedford School between 1885 and 1890.
He received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1892, and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1899. He served during the Second Boer War, between 1900 and 1901, was promoted to the rank of Major in 1906, and to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1914. He served during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1915, was appointed as Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office, and as Deputy Director of Supplies at General Headquarters, France.
He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1920, and retired from the British Army in 1924.
He died in Seaview, Isle of Wight, on 13 April 1948.
