This stained glass window (on the passageway leading to Sir Arthur Currie Hall at the RMC), the Colonel E. G. Brooks Window, is a memorial to 2517 Colonel E. Geoffrey Brooks DSO, OBE, CD (RMC 1952). It was unveiled in 1967, the 15th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1952.
Following the Remembrance Service of 1967, this memorial stained glass window was unveiled by the Commandant, 2576 Commodore W. P. Hayes, CD. The Colonel E. G. Brooks Window was presented to the College by 2859 Dr. John Pike, a member of the New One Hundred, on behalf of the donors. The funds for the Brooks window came from the Class of 1952 (otherwise known as the New One Hundred). 2517 Colonel E. Geoffrey Brooks DSO, OBE, CD (1918 – 1964)(RMC 1952) was a gallant officer, stern but fair, decorated for leadership during the Second World War, and later in Korea. Brooks lived at Panet House while serving as RMC’s Staff Adjutant 1948 – 1950 and is still well remembered by those who knew him, especially from the first post-war Class. Brooks went from the RMC to Korea to command the “Guns” and for that was awarded his OBE. His appointment as Director of Artillery was for the Canadian Army.
