RARE “Lt Governor Isle of Man" Geoffrey Bromet Hand Written Note for sale

Up for sale the "Lt Governor of the Isle of Man" Geoffrey Bromet Hand Written Note.

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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. In 1945 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of

Man and served until 1952. His second marriage was to Air

Commandant Dame Jean Conan

Doyle, daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

RARE “Lt Governor Isle of Man" Geoffrey Bromet Hand Written Note:
$139.99