Brooke-Popham, Henry Robert "Brookham"
- Date of birth:
- September 18th, 1878 (Mendlesham/Suffolk, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- October 20th, 1953 (RAF Halton/Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
Promotions:
7 May 1898: 2nd Lieutenant
24 November 1899: Lieutenant
9 November 1904: Captain
20 May 1912: Temporary Major
3 June 1913: Brevet Major
20 November 1914: Temporary Lt. Col.
1 September 1915: Major
12 March 1916: Temporary Brigadier
1 April 1918: Lieutenant Colonel (RAF)
1 April 1918: Colonel (RAF)
3 June 1918: Brevet Colonel
1 May 1919: Acting Brigadier (RAF)
1 August 1919: Group Captain
1 August 1919: Acting Commander
1 January 1924: Air Vice-Marshal
1 January 1931: Vice-Marshal
1 January 1935: Air Chief-Marshal
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Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1914
Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1915
Order of St. Stanislaus II class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- April 12th, 1916
General Staff Officer, 1st Grade
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1916
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 4th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Acting Brigadier
- Unit:
- Royal Flying Corps, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1919
- Rank:
- Air Vice-Marshal
- Unit:
- Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1927
HM Birthday honours
- Rank:
- Air Vice-Marshal
- Unit:
- Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 24th, 1935
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Unit:
- Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 18th, 1937
Sources
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33280/supplement/3605/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29547/page/3915/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34184/page/4841/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34410/page/4007/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29284/supplement/8808/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29623/supplement/5925/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29890/supplement/193/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31098/supplement/97/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29200/supplement/5980/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29202/supplement/6118/data.pdf
- H R M Brooke-Popham_P
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