Robert Brooke-Popham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Brooke-Popham

senior commander in the Royal Air Force, previously served in the Royal Flying Corps

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1878

Place of Birth: Mendlesham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1953

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Robert Brooke-Popham

  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.
  • During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps as a wing commander and senior staff officer.
  • Remaining in the new Royal Air Force (RAF) after the war, Brooke-Popham was the first commandant of its Staff College at Andover and later held high command in the Middle East.
  • He was Governor of Kenya in the late 1930s.
  • Most notably, Brooke-Popham was Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Command only months before Singapore fell to Japanese troops.

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