Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham (1878-1953)

• 1898 Commissioned, Oxfordshire Light Infantry
• 1898-1912 service with Oxfordshire Light Infantry
• 1911 Gained the 108th Pilot’s Licence issued in Britain
• 1912-1918 Royal Flying Corps
• 1914-1918 World War I
  • 1915 Commander, 3 Sqn Royal Flying Corps, Netheravon
  • 1915 Second in Command to Maj Gen Sir David Henderson , Commander, Royal Flying Corps, France
• 1919-1921 Director of Research, Air Ministry
• 1921-1926 Commandant, RAF Staff College
• 1926-1928 Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area Air Defence, Great Britain
• 1928-1930 Air Officer Commanding British Forces, Iraq
• 1931-1933 Commandant, Imperial Defence College
• 1933-1935 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Defence, Great Britain
• 1935 Inspector General
• 1935-1937 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East
• 1937 retired
• 1937-1940 Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya
• 1939 re-employed, Royal Air Force
• 1939-1940 Chairman, War Experiences Committee
• 1939-1945 World War II
  • 1940-1941 Commander-in-Chief British Far East Command
  • 1942 retired
  • 1943-1946 President, Council of Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
• 1953 Died