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Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet

Air Vice Marshal
Sir Geoffrey Bromet
KBE, CB, DSO, DL
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH7025.jpg
Air Vice Marshal Bromet and Group Captain H. Brackley, review U-boat positions, August 1942
18th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
1945–1952
Monarch George VI
Preceded by Earl Granville
Succeeded by Sir Ambrose Dundas
Personal details
Born Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet
(1891-08-28)28 August 1891
Died 16 November 1983(1983-11-16) (aged 92)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Jean Conan Doyle
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy (1904–18)
 Royal Air Force (1918–45)
Years of service 1904–1945
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands No. 247 Group (1943–45)
No. 19 Group (1941–43)
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (1928–31)
RAF Felixstowe (1928–31)
School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation (1921–22)
No. 8 Squadron RNAS (1916–17)
No. 1 Squadron RNAS (1916)
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France)
Commanders Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet KBE, CB, DSO, DL (28 August 1891 – 16 November 1983) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer during the Second World War and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1945 to 1952.

Bromet attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War, being commended for his service at Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding No. 1 Squadron RNAS and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS. In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a major in the Royal Air Force. After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1936.

He served in the Second World War as Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945.


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