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Map of part of Ladak, Indian Atlas Sheet 63A.

Map of part of Hazara and Kashmir, Indian Atlas Sheet 28.

Map of part of Baltistan (Little Tibet), Indian Atlas Sheet 45, published by Thacker, Spink and Co, Simla.

Scrapbook kept by Brooke, notably including racing programmes, 1905-1906, press cuttings, 1905-1906, and letters to his mother, Alice Brooke, and his brother, Victor Brooke, 1906. With two exercise books, 1905, containing essays on the US Civil War, 1861-1865.

Map of Peryakulam and Cochin areas of India, Trigonometrical Survey of India Sheet 62, published by Thacker and Co Ltd, Bombay.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering service in India with Royal Field Artillery, Dec 1906-Apr 1908, mainly comprising descriptions of racing and pig-sticking meets and hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly press cuttings, photographs and sketches. Back pocket contains related loose items, notably map of Agra and vicinity showing position of army camps at the time of the visit of the Amir of Afghanistan, Jan 1907; letters to Brooke from Abdul Matin, Tahsildar of [Kalya Khera], Bhopal, 1908.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering service in India with Royal Field Artillery, Oct 1908-Sep 1909, and with Royal Horse Artillery, Oct-Dec 1909, including training manoeuvres, preparation for the Indian Staff College entrance exams, racing and pig-sticking meets and hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly press cuttings, photographs and sketches. Back pocket contains supplement of The Times of India Illustrated Weekly, 14 Apr 1909, including photographs of the Kadir Cup racing and pig-sticking meet.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering service in India with Royal Horse Artillery, Jan-Dec 1910, mainly comprising descriptions of hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly photographs and press cuttings. Back pocket contains related loose items, notably letters from Brooke to his brother, Victor Brooke, Sep 1910; press cuttings, 1910.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering service in India with the Royal Horse Artillery, Jan 1911-Jan 1912, including attendance at the Delhi Durbar, Dec 1911, and hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly photographs and press cuttings.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering his service in India with the Royal Horse Artillery, Jan 1912-Jan 1913, mainly comprising descriptions of hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly photographs and press cuttings. Front and back pockets contain related loose items, notably letters from Brooke to his brother Victor Brooke, Mar-May 1912; horse show programmes, 1912.

Scrapbook kept by Brooke, mainly containing notes, correspondence and printed rules and regulations relating to game hunting in various regions of India.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering his service in India with the Royal Horse Artillery, Jan 1913-Jan 1914, including training manoeuvres and hunting expeditions. Bound with various related papers, mainly photographs, postcards and press cuttings. Front and back pockets contain related loose items, mainly personal correspondence, 1913.

Scrapbook kept by Brooke, 1901-1904, notably including letters to his mother, Alice Brooke, 1902-1904, press cuttings, 1902-1904, progress report from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1902, certificate of commission, 1903, Civil Service Commission Interpreter's Certificate examination papers, 1904, photographs relating to his service in Ireland, [1904], and racing programmes, 1904. With envelope of ephemera and mementos, [1884-1914], including drawings and sketches by Brooke, [1897-1905], and family photographs, [1884-1885].

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, covering his service with 18 Div on Western Front during World War One, Jan-Dec 1916, notably first Battle of the Somme, Jul-Nov 1916. Bound with various related papers, mainly photographs, postcards and press cuttings. Front and back pockets contain related loose items, notably British and German trench maps of the Somme battlefield, [1916]; letters to Brooke from army colleagues, Apr-Nov 1916, notably Capt [Frederick William] Short. With envelope containing three British and German trench maps of the Somme battlefield, [1916], with covering letter, 4 Apr 1967, to Brooke's wife, Benita Blanche Brooke, from S C McMenamin, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, thanking her for the loan of these items.

Ordnance Survey map of area around Oost-Dunkerke, Belgium, scale 1: 40 000, sheet 11, Geographical Section General Staff No 2743.

Ordnance Survey map of area around Brussels, Belgium, scale 1: 40 000, sheet 31, Geographical Section General Staff No 2743.

Letters from Brooke to his mother, Alice Brooke, 3 Jan 1915-31 Dec 1915, covering his service with the Royal Horse Artillery on Western Front during World War One, Jan-Dec 1915, mainly with 2 Indian Cavalry Bde, Jan-Nov 1915, and 18 Div, Nov-Dec 1915, including action around Neuve Chapelle, Mar 1915, and Battle of Festubert, May 1915. Bound with various related papers, 1915-1917, mainly postcards, photographs and press cuttings, including cuttings from The Times, 1-5 Jan 1917, reviewing progress of World War One during 1916. Front and back pockets contain related loose items, including letter to Brooke's mother Alice Brooke from her grandson Basil Brooke (later 1st Viscount Brookeborough), 29 Jan 1916, describing evacuation of Gallipoli, Dec 1915; letters to Brooke from army colleagues, Mar 1915-Feb 1916, notably 2nd Lt [Frederick William] Short and Kenneth T Gooch.

Ordnance Survey map of area of France and Belgium around Tournai, scale 1: 40 000, sheet 37, Geographical Section General Staff No 2743.

Ordnance Survey map of area of France and Belgium around Armentières, scale 1: 40 000, sheet 36, Geographical Section General Staff No 2743.

Ordnance Survey map of area of Belgium and Netherlands around Bruges, scale 1: 40 000, sheet 13, Geographical Section General Staff No 2743.