Dorothy Brooke was born Dorothy Evelyn Gibson-Craig on 1 June 1883 in the Cathedral Close at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
17 Facts About Dorothy Brooke
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Dorothy Brooke was the daughter of Henry Vivian and Emily Dulcibella Gibson-Craig.
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Dorothy Brooke's childhood was spent in Scotland, Wiltshire and Hampshire.
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Dorothy Brooke trained and rode his own steeplechasers, he was a polo-player and show-jumper.
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Dorothy Brooke competed as a member of the British equestrian team in the 1924 Summer Olympics, although he had broken his collarbone a few days earlier.
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Dorothy Brooke had three children: Rodney Gerald Searight, born 1909; Pamela Searight, born 1915; and John Philip Searight, born 1917.
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In 1930, Geoffrey Dorothy Brooke was appointed to the command of the British Cavalry Brigade in Egypt.
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Dorothy Brooke had been devoted to horses since her childhood.
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Dorothy Brooke had heard rumours from British residents who spoke of pitiful, emaciated creatures that they suspected were war horses.
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Dorothy Brooke raised money from her friends and from her own pocket, got together a Committee, and set in motion the Old War Horse Campaign of Rescue.
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Dorothy Brooke had set up a separate fund almost from the start.
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Dorothy Brooke gained permission for the Hospital to place a drinking trough at the Pyramids.
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Geoffrey and Dorothy Brooke moved from Egypt to India, where Geoffrey became Major-General of Cavalry.
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Dorothy Brooke managed to return to Cairo for an annual visit.
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Dorothy Brooke died on 10 June 1955 and was buried in Cairo.
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Dorothy Brooke was indeed overwhelmed with gratitude to those who had made the rescue of the horses possible and it was no mean achievement.
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Dorothy Brooke guided the organisation through a period of expansion.