Robert Brooke-Popham

Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
	Brooke-Popham (left) with General Wavell
Nickname(s)	Brookham
Born	18 September 1878; Mendlesham, Suffolk
Died	20 October 1953 (aged 75); RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1898–1918); Royal Air Force (1918–1942)
Years of service	c. 1898–1937; 1939–1942
Rank	Air chief marshal
Commands held	Far East Command (1940–41); Inspector-General of the RAF (1935); Air Defence of Great Britain (1933–35); Imperial Defence College (1931–33); Iraq Command (1928–30); RAF Staff College, Andover (1922–26); No. 3 Wing RFC (1914–15); No. 3 Squadron RFC (1912–14)
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; First World War; Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Distinguished Service Order; Air Force Cross; Mentioned in Despatches (4); Officer of the Legion of Honour (France); Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class (Russia)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham,^[2] GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC (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 until being replaced a few weeks before Singapore fell to Japanese troops.

^ Bourne, J. M. "Generals' Nicknames – No48: Robert Brooke-Popham ('Brookham')". Centre for First World War Studies Web Site. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
^ Brooke-Popham's surname at birth was Brooke. On 6 May 1904 he assumed the additional surname of Popham by Royal Warrant, which was the name of a much admired ancestor.

Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
Brooke-Popham (left) with General Wavell
Nickname(s)	Brookham^[1]
Born	(1878-09-18)18 September 1878 Mendlesham, Suffolk
Died	20 October 1953(1953-10-20) (aged 75) RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1898–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1942)
Years of service	c. 1898–1937 1939–1942
Rank	Air chief marshal
Commands held	Far East Command (1940–41) Inspector-General of the RAF (1935) Air Defence of Great Britain (1933–35) Imperial Defence College (1931–33) Iraq Command (1928–30) RAF Staff College, Andover (1922–26) No. 3 Wing RFC (1914–15) No. 3 Squadron RFC (1912–14)
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches (4) Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class (Russia)