Bromley, Richard Henry, 1910-2004
Bromley, Richard Henry, son of Frank Charles Bromley LDS, of Hendon; b. 13 Mar. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (A); left Dec. 1926; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; asst master Christ's Coll., Christchurch, NZ; RAOC 1941-6 (Maj.); MBE (NW Europe)June 1946; m. 28 Sept. 1938 Yvette Francis, d. of Charles Ivon Francis Dewynter of Hampstead; d. 3 Aug. 2004.
Brodie, Kenneth, son of Thomas Gregor Brodie, M. D., M.R.C.S., F.R.S., of Hampstead, Middlesex, sometime Professor of Physiology, Toronto University, by Alice Sims; b. June 29, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Dorsetshire Regt. June 2, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France 1915-6, and India 1918-20, when he was attached to the Bedfordshire Regt.; was twice wounded Jan. 14 and July 1, 1916; a school master; manager successively of the Streatham Hill, Saville, Gaiety and Savoy Theatres; 2nd Lieut. R. A. S. C. April 20, 1941; Capt.; m. Rosalinde Mary, daughter of John Thomas Overton, of Reigate Heath, Surrey; d. July 19, 1956.
Brodie, Ian Gregor, brother of Kenneth Brodie (q.v.); b. March 6, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left Easter 1921; d. at Cape Town Feb. 21, 1935.
Brock, Donald Alastair Carey, 1919-1941
Brock, Donald Alastair Carey, son of Capt. Donald Carey Brock CBE RN, of Guernsey, and his first wife Jocelyn Florence, d. of Admiral John Denison DSO RN, of Alverstoke, Hants; b. 7 Aug. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left Dec. 1936; Cadet RN Jan. 1937, Sub.-Lieut. Apr. 1939, Lieut. July 1940; lost in HMS Bonaventure March 1941.
Donald Alastair Carey Brock was born at Alverstoke, Hampshire on the 7th of August 1919 the elder son of Captain Donald Carey Brock CBE RN and Jocelyn Florence (nee Denison) Brock of “Alvermead”, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire and of 32, Troy Court, Kensington in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1932 to December 1936. During his youth he was a regular visitor to Canada, where his maternal grandparents lived; he spent his summers at Muskoka and was regarded as an expert swimmer.
He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on a special entry cadetship in January 1937 and was appointed as a Midshipman on the 1st of January 1938. He was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant in April 1939 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 16th of July 1940. He was posted to the crew of the light cruiser HMS Bonaventure (31).
Convoy GA-8 set sail from Piraeus in Greece on the night of the 29th of March 1941 bound for Alexandria. The convoy was made up of the transports HMS Breconshire and HMS Cameronia, escorted by three destroyers as part of Operation Lustre, the movement of Allied troops and supplies to reinforce Greece. HMS Bonaventure, under the command of Captain Henry Jack Egerton RN, joined the convoy at the dawn on the following day. At 8.37pm that night two torpedoes were fired at HMS Bonaventure by the Italian submarine Dagabur, under the command of Captain Domenico Romano, which missed her and exploded in open water.
At 3am on the morning of the 31st of March 1941 she was sailing in a south easterly direction midway between Crete and Alexandria, some 100 nautical miles to the south-south-east of Crete, when she was hit amidships by two torpedoes fired by the Italian submarine Ambra, under the command of Captain Mario Arillo. The explosion caused extensive flooding in both engine rooms and she sank in less than six minutes. The enemy submarine was heavily depth charged during seven attacks by the escort destroyer HMAS Stuart and after the second attack the submarine broke surface before crash diving. HMAS Stuart experienced a near miss from a torpedo which exploded in the water fifty yards off her stern as she ran in for one of her attacks.
Twenty three officers and one hundred and fifteen ratings had been killed in the attack with three hundred and ten men being rescued from the sea by HMAS Stuart and the escort destroyer HMS Hereward. The convoy reached Alexandria during the late afternoon without further incident.
He is commemorated on a memorial plaque at the Cathedral Church of St James, Toronto and on the war memorial at St John’s Cemetery on the Humber, Toronto.
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 44, Column 2.
Brock, Denison Saumarez, 1922-1980
Brock, Denison Saumarez, brother of Donald Alastair Carey Brock (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A), (B) Sept. 1939; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940, BA 1948, MA 1953; RM 1941-5 (Capt.); asst master at the school 1949-78, housemaster Ashburnham 1953-63, Grant's 1963-9, Sen. Master 1972-8, retd 1978; a substantial benefactor to the school; d. 3 Nov. 1980.
Broadhurst, Michael, 1912-2004
Broadhurst, Michael, son of Edgar Charles Broadhurst, musician, of Harrow, and Ethel Webster, d. of John Slade, chemist, of Tenbury, Worcs.; b. 6 Dec. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (A); left July 1931; Unilever Ltd 1931-51; 4th Bombay Grenadiers IA 1940-5 (Maj.); Wood Harris & Co. 1951 to retirement; m. 12 Sept. 1941 Irene Laura, d. of Walter Alfred Higgins, exec. officer to Maharajah of Patiala; d. 24 Feb. 2004
Broadhurst, Charles Jeremy, 1943-2018
Broadhurst, Charles Jeremy, son of Michael Broadhurst (qv); b. 20 Feb. 1943; adm. Sept. 1956 (A); left July 1961; City of Lond. Univ.; ACII 1972, FCIA 1981; man. Provident Mutual Life Assurance Assn. 1965-1995; broker Advisory & Brokerage Services 1995-2005; founder and dir. Cranfield Financial Services 2005-12; retd. 2012; m. 6 Sept. 1969 Maria Luisa Revilla Secades, solicitor, d. of Constantino Revilla; d. 25 Feb. 2018
Broad, Kenneth Stephen, 1889-?
Broad, Kenneth Stephen, son of Clement Burgess Broad, of Chiswick, Middlesex; b. March 15, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1906; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt.; temp. Lieut. 2nd Batt. Royal Canadians Oct. 1, 1915; acting Capt. June 14, 1918; wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 7, 1919; m. Jan. 17, 1917, Sibyl, youngest daughter of Mrs. W. Melliss, of Croydon, Surrey.
Broad, Geoffrey Charles Walton, 1890-?
Broad, Geoffrey Charles Walton, brother of Kenneth Stephen Broad (q.v.); b. Oct. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1907; served in Great War I, first with the Canadian Overseas Forces and afterwards with the Royal Highlanders; was wounded in Mesopotamia.
Breem, Wallace Wilfred Swinburne, 1926-1990
Breem, Wallace Wilfred Swinburne, son of Richard Wallace Breem MM, Headmaster Down House Sch., Esher, and Edith Mary, d. of William Hopkin Wright, land agent, of Cambridge; b. 13 May 1926; adm. May 1940 (A); left Apr. 1944; Frontier Force Regt IA 1945, transf. to QVO Corps of Guides Feb. 1946 (Capt. ), served NW Frontier 1946-7; asst. librarian, Inner Temple 1950, sub-librarian 1956, librarian and keeper of MSS 1965-90; founder member Brit. and Irish Assn. of Law Librarians 1969, hon. sec. and treasurer 1969-76, chmn. 1976-80, vice-pres. 1980-8, pres. 1988-90; author of novels Eagle in the Snow 1970, The Legate’s Daughter 1974, The Leopard and the Cliff 1978; contributor to and editor of many legal publications; m. 28 May 1966 Daphne Audrey, d. of Ernest Joseph Parnham, analytical chemist, of Huntercombe, Bucks; d. 12 Mar. 1990.