Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (28 August 1891 – 16 November 1983) was a senior

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(RAF) officer during the

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and

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from 1945 to 1952. Bromet Road in the town of

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, takes its name from him.

RAF career

Bromet attended the

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and then served as a Flight Commander in the

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, being commended for his service at Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding

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and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Bromet
/ref> In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a major in the

. After commanding the

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, 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

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in 1936. He served in the

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

and served until 1952.World Leaders Index
/ref> His second marriage was to Air Commandant Dame

Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Dame Lena Annette Jean Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet, (21 December 1912 – 18 November 1997) was a British military officer in the Women's Royal Air Force. The second daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she was a spirited child who ...

, daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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