Jack Broome
Convoy PQ 17, HMS Veteran (D72), Thornycroft type leader, HMS Begum (D38)
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Captain John Egerton "Jack" (or Jackie) Broome DSC, RN, (23 February 1901 - 19 April 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. He commanded the escort group of the ill-fated Arctic Convoy PQ-17 in 1942. After the Second World War, he became a writer and illustrator.He was born in 1901 in Seattle, Washington, to Louis Egerton Broome and Clara Kathleen (Aimée) Lake. His father was an English adventurer who had joined the gold rush to the Klondike. H...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Captain John Egerton "Jack" (or Jackie) Broome DSC, RN, (23 February 1901 - 19 April 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. He commanded the escort group of the ill-fated Arctic Convoy PQ-17 in 1942. After the Second World War, he became a writer and illustrator.He was born in 1901 in Seattle, Washington, to Louis Egerton Broome and Clara Kathleen (Aimée) Lake. His father was an English adventurer who had joined the gold rush to the Klondike. He accompanied his parents to Panama in 1907, but returned to England where he was raised largely by his mother's relatives. He attended Oakwood School, Surrey and in 1912, entered the Royal Naval College at Osborne. From Osborne, he passed in 1915 to the senior College at Dartmouth.
