Thomas Brooke was born on January 9, 1920, in Farnham, Surrey, England. He was the first son and eldest child of Alan Francis and Jane Mary Richardson Brooke.
A sister, Rosemary Brooke was born on October 25, 1918.
His father was in the British Army and served during World War I with the Royal Artillery in France, the Canadian Corps and a senior artillery staff officer in the First Army. Afterwards, in the 1920s and 1930s, he served in various important posts.
About June 17, 1925, Jane Mary Brooke, wife of Colonel Alan F. Brooke, an officer on the Staff College, Camberley, was injured in an automobile accident. Colonel Brooke was driving, and swerved to avoid a cyclist, and ran into the edge of the road. The car overturned, from which she suffered the injuries. Colonel Brooke had injuries to his ribs. Colonel and Mrs. Brooke were taken to Dunedin Nursing Home. Colonel Brooke was recuperating from his injuries, but after a week, Mrs. Brooke died on April 24, 1925. She was buried at Caversham Cemetery, Caversham, Berkshire, England.
In 1929, his father married Benita Lees. The marriage resulted in the births of daughter Kathleen Benita, born on January 23, 1931 and son Alan Victor Harold, born on November 24, 1932.
Thomas Brook was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery.
During his life, according to his obituary published in December 22, 1972, edition of The Daily Telegraph, he was a self-confessed Bohemian. During his life, he worked as a writer, farm laborer, liner steward, water-color artist and a number of other jobs. He never married. He became the second Viscount Alanbrooke upon the death of his father in 1963.
He also did not inherit any money under his father's will because, as he explained, he had inherited several thousand pounds after hecame back from Burma, where he had been a captain in the Royal Artillery during the 1939 - 1945 war.
His half-brother Captain Alan Victor Harold Brooke became the third Viscount Alanbrooke. Captain Victor Brooke was also unmarried and at his death in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct. Survivors included his half-brother, his sister Rosemary Macdonald and her husband, and some nieces/nephews, and his step-mother. He was proceeded in death by his parents and half-sister Kathleen Benita Brooke Stoney.
The second Viscount Alanbrooke was cremated and his memorial service was held on January 2, 1973, at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. The Rev. John Earp officiated and the Rev. J. A. P. Hoskyns read the lessons. Among those who attended, were Captain Ronald and the Honorable Mrs. [Rosemary] Macdonald; Viscount Alanbrooke, R.A. (half-brother); Miss Janey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur Brooke; and others. After the service, the ashes were buried in the grave of his parents in Hartley Wintney churchyard.
Published The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) on January 3, 1973, page 12.
A sister, Rosemary Brooke was born on October 25, 1918.
His father was in the British Army and served during World War I with the Royal Artillery in France, the Canadian Corps and a senior artillery staff officer in the First Army. Afterwards, in the 1920s and 1930s, he served in various important posts.
About June 17, 1925, Jane Mary Brooke, wife of Colonel Alan F. Brooke, an officer on the Staff College, Camberley, was injured in an automobile accident. Colonel Brooke was driving, and swerved to avoid a cyclist, and ran into the edge of the road. The car overturned, from which she suffered the injuries. Colonel Brooke had injuries to his ribs. Colonel and Mrs. Brooke were taken to Dunedin Nursing Home. Colonel Brooke was recuperating from his injuries, but after a week, Mrs. Brooke died on April 24, 1925. She was buried at Caversham Cemetery, Caversham, Berkshire, England.
In 1929, his father married Benita Lees. The marriage resulted in the births of daughter Kathleen Benita, born on January 23, 1931 and son Alan Victor Harold, born on November 24, 1932.
Thomas Brook was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery.
During his life, according to his obituary published in December 22, 1972, edition of The Daily Telegraph, he was a self-confessed Bohemian. During his life, he worked as a writer, farm laborer, liner steward, water-color artist and a number of other jobs. He never married. He became the second Viscount Alanbrooke upon the death of his father in 1963.
He also did not inherit any money under his father's will because, as he explained, he had inherited several thousand pounds after hecame back from Burma, where he had been a captain in the Royal Artillery during the 1939 - 1945 war.
His half-brother Captain Alan Victor Harold Brooke became the third Viscount Alanbrooke. Captain Victor Brooke was also unmarried and at his death in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct. Survivors included his half-brother, his sister Rosemary Macdonald and her husband, and some nieces/nephews, and his step-mother. He was proceeded in death by his parents and half-sister Kathleen Benita Brooke Stoney.
The second Viscount Alanbrooke was cremated and his memorial service was held on January 2, 1973, at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. The Rev. John Earp officiated and the Rev. J. A. P. Hoskyns read the lessons. Among those who attended, were Captain Ronald and the Honorable Mrs. [Rosemary] Macdonald; Viscount Alanbrooke, R.A. (half-brother); Miss Janey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur Brooke; and others. After the service, the ashes were buried in the grave of his parents in Hartley Wintney churchyard.
Published The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) on January 3, 1973, page 12.
Thomas Brooke was born on January 9, 1920, in Farnham, Surrey, England. He was the first son and eldest child of Alan Francis and Jane Mary Richardson Brooke.
A sister, Rosemary Brooke was born on October 25, 1918.
His father was in the British Army and served during World War I with the Royal Artillery in France, the Canadian Corps and a senior artillery staff officer in the First Army. Afterwards, in the 1920s and 1930s, he served in various important posts.
About June 17, 1925, Jane Mary Brooke, wife of Colonel Alan F. Brooke, an officer on the Staff College, Camberley, was injured in an automobile accident. Colonel Brooke was driving, and swerved to avoid a cyclist, and ran into the edge of the road. The car overturned, from which she suffered the injuries. Colonel Brooke had injuries to his ribs. Colonel and Mrs. Brooke were taken to Dunedin Nursing Home. Colonel Brooke was recuperating from his injuries, but after a week, Mrs. Brooke died on April 24, 1925. She was buried at Caversham Cemetery, Caversham, Berkshire, England.
In 1929, his father married Benita Lees. The marriage resulted in the births of daughter Kathleen Benita, born on January 23, 1931 and son Alan Victor Harold, born on November 24, 1932.
Thomas Brook was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery.
During his life, according to his obituary published in December 22, 1972, edition of The Daily Telegraph, he was a self-confessed Bohemian. During his life, he worked as a writer, farm laborer, liner steward, water-color artist and a number of other jobs. He never married. He became the second Viscount Alanbrooke upon the death of his father in 1963.
He also did not inherit any money under his father's will because, as he explained, he had inherited several thousand pounds after hecame back from Burma, where he had been a captain in the Royal Artillery during the 1939 - 1945 war.
His half-brother Captain Alan Victor Harold Brooke became the third Viscount Alanbrooke. Captain Victor Brooke was also unmarried and at his death in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct. Survivors included his half-brother, his sister Rosemary Macdonald and her husband, and some nieces/nephews, and his step-mother. He was proceeded in death by his parents and half-sister Kathleen Benita Brooke Stoney.
The second Viscount Alanbrooke was cremated and his memorial service was held on January 2, 1973, at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. The Rev. John Earp officiated and the Rev. J. A. P. Hoskyns read the lessons. Among those who attended, were Captain Ronald and the Honorable Mrs. [Rosemary] Macdonald; Viscount Alanbrooke, R.A. (half-brother); Miss Janey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur Brooke; and others. After the service, the ashes were buried in the grave of his parents in Hartley Wintney churchyard.
Published The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) on January 3, 1973, page 12.
A sister, Rosemary Brooke was born on October 25, 1918.
His father was in the British Army and served during World War I with the Royal Artillery in France, the Canadian Corps and a senior artillery staff officer in the First Army. Afterwards, in the 1920s and 1930s, he served in various important posts.
About June 17, 1925, Jane Mary Brooke, wife of Colonel Alan F. Brooke, an officer on the Staff College, Camberley, was injured in an automobile accident. Colonel Brooke was driving, and swerved to avoid a cyclist, and ran into the edge of the road. The car overturned, from which she suffered the injuries. Colonel Brooke had injuries to his ribs. Colonel and Mrs. Brooke were taken to Dunedin Nursing Home. Colonel Brooke was recuperating from his injuries, but after a week, Mrs. Brooke died on April 24, 1925. She was buried at Caversham Cemetery, Caversham, Berkshire, England.
In 1929, his father married Benita Lees. The marriage resulted in the births of daughter Kathleen Benita, born on January 23, 1931 and son Alan Victor Harold, born on November 24, 1932.
Thomas Brook was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery.
During his life, according to his obituary published in December 22, 1972, edition of The Daily Telegraph, he was a self-confessed Bohemian. During his life, he worked as a writer, farm laborer, liner steward, water-color artist and a number of other jobs. He never married. He became the second Viscount Alanbrooke upon the death of his father in 1963.
He also did not inherit any money under his father's will because, as he explained, he had inherited several thousand pounds after hecame back from Burma, where he had been a captain in the Royal Artillery during the 1939 - 1945 war.
His half-brother Captain Alan Victor Harold Brooke became the third Viscount Alanbrooke. Captain Victor Brooke was also unmarried and at his death in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct. Survivors included his half-brother, his sister Rosemary Macdonald and her husband, and some nieces/nephews, and his step-mother. He was proceeded in death by his parents and half-sister Kathleen Benita Brooke Stoney.
The second Viscount Alanbrooke was cremated and his memorial service was held on January 2, 1973, at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. The Rev. John Earp officiated and the Rev. J. A. P. Hoskyns read the lessons. Among those who attended, were Captain Ronald and the Honorable Mrs. [Rosemary] Macdonald; Viscount Alanbrooke, R.A. (half-brother); Miss Janey Macdonald; Mrs. Arthur Brooke; and others. After the service, the ashes were buried in the grave of his parents in Hartley Wintney churchyard.
Published The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) on January 3, 1973, page 12.
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