 Complete the following phrase:  Initially the brigade was commanded by the officer commanding 44th Regimental District the Essex Regiments depot, but afterwards Lt-Col P.C. Yorke, recently retired from the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, was appointed. The brigade historian recorded that Yorke was a smart and keen soldier who did a lot for the brigade in its early days, but whose term of command was short because he died in office. He was replaced by Colonel J.F. Hornby, late of the 12th Lancers, who held the post until the reorganisation of the volunteer infantry brigades in 1906. He was followed by Colonel Harry Cooper, CMG, CBE, who had seen active service in Canada, Ashanti, Burma, Sudan and 