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Ronald Brockman

Royal Navy vice-admiral (1909–1999)

Summary

Royal Navy vice-admiral (1909–1999)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Vice-Admiral
name	Sir Ronald Brockman
honorific_suffix
image	Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman.jpg
caption	Brockman in 1960
birth_date	8 March 1909
death_date
allegiance	United Kingdom
branch
serviceyears	1927–1965
rank	Vice-Admiral
battles	World War II
awards

Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman (8 March 1909 – 3 September 1999) was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served under Lord Mountbatten and participated in accepting the surrender of the Japanese Fleet in 1945. Sir Ronald was the elder son of Engineer Rear-Admiral Henry Stafford Brockman CB. He was descendant of the English Brockman family, and was Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1967 to 1979.

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Mountbatten with General Chiang Kai-Shek (left) and Dr T V Soong (right). In the background are Captain R V Brockman, Lt Gen F A M Browning and General Carton de Wiart VC at Chongqing.

Military service

Sir Ronald was educated at Weymouth College in Dorset and joined the Royal Navy in 1927 as a paymaster cadet (later Supply Officer). He was promoted to paymaster sub-lieutenant on 16 April 1930 (seniority from 1 September 1929) and to paymaster lieutenant on 1 October 1931.

He was the Admiral's Secretary to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound during World War II from 1939 to 1943. he served as Admiral's Secretary to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis (Francis Albert Victor) Mountbatten (Lord Mountbatten of Burma from 1946) from 1943 to 1959 He was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1960, and to vice-admiral on 6 April 1963. He retired from the Royal Navy on 6 December 1965.

He was appointed a KCB in the 1965 New Year Honours, CSI 1947, CIE 1946, CVO 1979 and CBE 1943. He was made a KStJ in 1985 and among his foreign awards were the Special Rosette of Cloud and Banner (China) 1948, Chevalier Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre with Palm (France) 1950 and Bronze Star Medal (USA) 1947.

Personal life and death

In 1932 Brockman married Marjorie Jean Butt; they had one son and three daughters. He died on 3 September 1999, aged 90. He was the last surviving Companion of the Order of the Star of India. At his death, the Queen was represented by Sir Carron Grieg and the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Woodard at a service of thanksgiving for Sir Ronald's life and service. The Prince of Wales was represented by Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan.

References

Sources

National Army Museum, London: The papers of Gen Sir Roy Bucher include correspondence with Brockman 1961-1972
Times Newspapers Limited, Edition 1FWED 17 November 1999, Page 24 Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Brockman;Memorial services;Court & Social
Who's Who 1998

References

[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BROCKMAN1.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
{{London Gazette. (6 October 1931)
He served as the Assistant Secretary to the [[First Sea Lord]], [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy). lieutenant commander]] on 1 October 1939.{{London Gazette. (27 October 1931)
Promoted to paymaster [[commander]] on 31 December 1943,{{London Gazette. (11 January 1944)
{{London Gazette. (29 July 1960)
{{London Gazette. (7 June 1963)
{{London Gazette. (21 January 1966)
{{London Gazette. (1 January 1965)
{{London Gazette. (30 December 1947)
{{London Gazette. (21 May 1946)
{{London Gazette. (2 November 1948)
{{London Gazette. (28 March 1950)
[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-viceadmiral-sir-ronald-brockman-1118814.html Obituary: Sir Ronald Brockman] The Independent, 23 September 1999

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