Geoffrey Brooke | |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1920 |
Birth Place: | Bath, England |
Death Place: | Balcombe, England |
Sport: | Modern pentathlon |
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Geoffrey Brooke (25 April 1920 - 6 January 2009) was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
During the Second World War, Brooke served in the Royal Navy on the destroyer and the battleships and .[2] He survived the sinking of the latter in December 1941 and managed to escape Singapore in February 1942. Brooke was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for putting out fires on the in the latter part of the war and served in the navy until 1958.