Victor Brodeur
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Rear-Admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...
Victor Gabriel Brodeur, CB,
CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
, CD (September 17, 1892 – October 6, 1976) was a
Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary ...
officer. He was a member of the first batch of cadets accepted into the RCN and the first French speaker to reach the rank of rear admiral. Brodeur was the son of the politician and judge
Louis-Philippe Brodeur Louis-Philippe Brodeur, baptised Louis-Joseph-Alexandre Brodeur (August 21, 1862 – January 2, 1924) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, federal Cabinet minister, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and puisne justice of ...
, who as Minister of the Naval Service introduced the ''
Naval Service Act The ''Naval Service Act'' () was a statute of the Parliament of Canada, enacted in 1910. The Act was put forward by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to establish a Canadian navy. Prior to the passage of the Act, Ca ...
'' which created the
Naval Service of Canada The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary vesse ...
. In 1909, he was appointed officer cadet and assigned to CGS ''Canada'', as part of the Navy's first group of six cadets. Of the six, only
Percy Nelles Admiral (Canada), Admiral Percy Walker Nelles, (7 January 1892 – 13 July 1951) was a flag officer in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 January 1934 to 15 January 1944. ...
rose higher in rank. Appointed midshipman in 1910, he served in HMCS ''Niobe'' before being transferred to HMS ''Dreadnought'' in 1911. Appointed sub-lieutenant in 1913, he served in HMS ''Berwick'' in 1914 during the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
. In 1932, when El Salvador was in the throes of a peasant uprising and military coup overthrowing the government, Brodeusr was commanding
HMCS Skeena Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS ''Skeena''. * (I) was a River-class destroyer active from 1931–1944. * (II) was a escort active from 1957–1993. The 116 Skeena Sea Cadets Corps (RCSCC Skeena) of the Royal Canadian Sea C ...
and senior officer of the Canadian Pacific flotilla when his ship and HMCS Vancouver were directed to the port of
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, in response to a request by the United Kingdom to protect British citizens and interests in the country until a Royal Navy ship could arrive. His son Nigel Brodeur reached the rank of vice admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy.


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1892 births 1976 deaths Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II Canadian admirals Canadian Companions of the Order of the Bath Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Commanders of the Legion of Honour {{DEFAULTSORT:Brodeur, Victor