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Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 12 Jan 1942-7 Feb 1943, notably covering Casablanca Conference (SYMBOL Conference), Jan 1943, and visits by Brooke and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, to Adana, Turkey, Jan 1943. Contains details of official meetings and informal conversations with members of British and US High Commands, notably Churchill, Gen George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of US Army, and Fleet Adm Ernest Joseph King, Commander-in-Chief, US Fleet, on plans for operations in the Mediterranean and relative importance of European and Pacific theatres, and with Turkish High Command, notably FM Fevzi Cakmak, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, on Turkish policy towards the Allies.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, notably covering TRIDENT Conference, Washington, May 1943; operations in North Africa, May 1943; Allied offensives in Sicily, Jun-Aug 1943, and Italy, Sep-Oct 1943, notably Salerno landings, Sep 1943; plans for invasion of North West Europe and for recapture of Burma; QUADRANT Conference, Quebec, Aug 1943. Contains details of Chiefs of Staff, War Cabinet and Defence Committee meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with Allied army commanders and members of British and US High Command, notably Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Gen Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Armies in Italy, Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander, 8 Army, Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Commander of European Theatre of Operations, and Gen George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of US Army. Also includes entries on plans for reorganisation of command in South East Asia; Churchill's support for plans for attacks on Northern Sumatra and on Rhodes.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, notably covering SEXTANT and EUREKA Conferences, Cairo and Teheran, Nov-Dec 1943; plans for invasion of North West Europe, for landings in Southern France, and for liberation of Burma and of Andaman Islands; organisation of Mediterranean Command; operations in Italy, Dec 1943-May 1944, including Anzio campaign, Jan-Feb 1944. Contains details of Chiefs of Staff, War Cabinet and Defence Committee meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with Allied commanders and members of British, US, Russian and Chinese High Commands, notably Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, Gen Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese President, Stalin, Soviet Prime Minister, Gen Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Armies in Italy, Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander, 8 Army, and Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Commander of European Theatre of Operations. Also includes entries on Churchill's support for plans to invade northern Sumatra.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Jun-Nov 1944, notably covering operations in North West Europe, Jun-Nov 1944, including Normandy landings, Jun 1944, and in Italy, Jun-Nov 1944; plans for landings in southern France and for recapture of Burma; OCTAGON Conference, Quebec, Sep 1944; visit by Brooke and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, to Moscow, Oct 1944. Contains Chiefs of Staff, War Cabinet and Defence Committee meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with Allied army commanders and members of UK, US and Russian High Commands, notably Churchill, FM Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander, 21 Army Group, FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre, Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditonary Force in Western Europe, Gen George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of US Army, and Stalin, Soviet Prime Minister. Also includes entries on organisation of defence measures against German flying bombs.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Nov 1944-May 1945, notably covering operations in North West Europe, Nov 1944-May 1945, including German Ardennes offensive, Dec 1944, and crossing of the Rhine, Mar 1945, and in Burma, Jan 1945; ARGONAUT Conference, Yalta, Feb 1945; trip by Brooke and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, to Western Front, Mar 1945; German surrender, May 1945; Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945. Contains details of Chiefs of Staff, War Cabinet and Defence Committee meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with Allied army commanders and members of British and US High Commands, notably Churchill, FM Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander, 21 Army Group, Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe. Also includes entries on Allied military support for Greek government.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, May-Dec 1945, notably covering plans for war against Japan; TERMINAL Conference, Potsdam, Jul 1945; Japanese surrender, Aug 1945; visits to Greece, Middle East, India, Burma, Japan, Australia, Kenya and Italy, Oct-Dec 1945. Contains entries on Chiefs of Staff, Cabinet, Defence Committee and Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with Allied army commanders, members of British, Russian and US High Commands and Middle Eastern political leaders, notably Gen Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Japan. Also includes entries on increase in French military presence in Syria, May 1945; arrangements for Allied occupation of Germany and Japan, including formation of Commonwealth occupation force for Japan; possibility of using Indian Army troops to suppress nationalist uprisings in Dutch East Indies; Brooke's proposals for organisation of Commonwealth defence and for Middle East defence federation; loyalty of Indian Army troops towards British government; future threat to world peace posed by USSR.

Brooke's personal diary as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Dec 1945-Jun 1946, notably covering visit to Czechoslovakia and Austria, Feb 1946, Victory Parade, London, Jun 1946. Contains details of meetings with Eduard Benes, Czechoslovak President; meetings of Chiefs of Staff, Defence Committee and Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy. Also includes entries on possibility of using Indian Army troops to suppress nationalist uprisings in Dutch East Indies; Brooke's proposals for organisation of Commonwealth defence; proposed cuts in Army strength; withdrawal of British troops from Egypt; report of Anglo-American Committee on Palestine.

Brooke's personal diary as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Oct-Nov 1941, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Dec 1941-Jun 1942, notably covering organisation of defence and training exercises and inspection of defences in Home Forces Command, Oct-Nov 1941; entry of Japan and USA into the war, Dec 1941; Japanese offensives in South East Asia and Burma, Dec 1941-May 1942; German offensive in North Africa, Jan-Jun 1942; plans for landings in French North Africa, Madagascar and Northern France; inter-Allied conference, Washington, Jun 1942. Contains details of Chiefs of Staff, War Cabinet and Defence Committee meetings; official meetings and informal conversations with members of British and US High Command, notably Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, and Gen George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of US Army. Also includes entries on Brooke's concern at lack of cooperation between Army and Air Force; his dislike of Far East American-British Dutch-Australian (ABDA) command organisation; his opposition to the supply of tanks and other equipment to Russia.

Brooke's personal diary as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Jan-Oct 1941, notably covering organisation of defence and training exercises and inspection of defences in Home Forces Command. Contains details of official meetings and informal conversations with members of Home Forces Command, Chiefs of Staff and members of High Command, notably Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Sir John Greer Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Also includes entries on Brooke's concern at lack of cooperation between Army and Air Force; his feeling that German invasion is imminent; British production of tanks and anti-tank weapons; Churchill's support for plan to capture Trondheim, Norway.

Brooke's personal diary as General Officer Commanding, British Troops in France, Jun 1940, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, Jun-Jul 1940, and Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Jul-Dec 1940, notably covering his visit to France to investigate the possibility of re-establishing British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in North West France, Jun 1940; evacuation of remaining British troops from France, Jun 1940; organisation of defence and training exercises and inspection of defences in Southern Command, Jun-Jul 1940, and Home Forces Command, Jul-Dec 1940. Gives details of meeting with French Generals Maxime Weygand, Commander-in-Chief, French Army, and Alphonse Georges, Commander of North East Front, to discuss possibility of forming Allied bridgehead in North West France, 14 Jun 1940; official meetings and informal conversations with members of Southern and Home Forces Command, Chiefs of Staff and members of High Command, notably FM Sir John Greer Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister. Also includes entries on Brooke's concern at lack of coordination between Army, Navy and Air Force; effects of German bombing raids on London during Battle of Britain, Jul-Oct 1940, and Blitz, Nov-Dec 1940.

Diary kept by Brooke, 1915, notably covering his service in World War One in France as Staff Capt, Royal Artillery, 2 (Indian) Cavalry Div, Jan-Nov 1915, and as Bde Maj, Royal Artillery, 18 Infantry Div, Nov-Dec 1915, notably action around Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, and the Battle of Festubert, May 1915. With snapshot, [1911-1919].

Draft of Brooke's foreword to a history of the Indian Mountain Artillery, with letter from Gale and Polden Ltd enclosing proof copy (not included).

Notes for my memoirs', vol 1, covering his life and career, 1883-1918, notably his service in India, 1907-1914, and in World War One, 1914-1918. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 2, covering his life and career, 1919-1940, notably his command of 2 Corps, Sep 1939-May 1940. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 4, based on his diaries as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, Jun-Jul 1940, and as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Jul 1940-Oct 1941. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 5, consisting of annotated transcripts of his diary entries as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Oct-Nov 1941, and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Dec 1941-Mar 1942. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 8, consisting of annotated transcripts of his diary entries as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 15 Sep 1942-18 Jan 1943. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 20, covering his post-war life and career, 1946-1956. Mainly consists of list of engagements from his diary, 30 Jul 1946-30 Dec 1955, and list of business and other appointments held by him, 1946-1956.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 3, based on his diaries as Commander, 2 Corps, May 1940, and General Officer Commanding, British Troops in France, Jun 1940. Includes list of contents.

Notes for my memoirs', vol 7, consisting of annotated transcripts of his diary entries as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 31 Jul-14 Sep 1942. Includes list of contents.