Lieutenant John Hermann BROUGHAM RN DSC
HMS Ariel, Royal Navy

Date of birth: 5th June 1890
Date of death: 8th May 1956

Survived aged 65
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John Hermann Brougham was born at Wellington College in Berkshire on the 5th of June 1890 the younger son of Henry William Brougham, a school master, and Alwine Rosa (nee Lauer) Brougham of Brougham House, Wellington College.

He was educated at Hazelwood School until July 1902 where he was a member of the Cricket XI in 1902. The school magazine wrote of his cricket season that year: - "A very good outfield, and probably a useful bat."

On leaving the school the magazine wrote of him: - "....goes to Wellington at a very early age. He has taken an excellent place for so young a boy (Up.11) and has been a very useful member of both Elevens, and prominent in the athletic sports."

He went on to Wellington College where he was in Mr. Brougham’s House from September 1902 to 1904. He went on to the Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth in 1905 where he was a member of the Cricket XI that year.

He was appointed as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy on the 15th of September 1906 and was posted to the armoured cruiser HMS Good Hope where he became Aide de Camp to the Commander, Rear Admiral G. Neville. On the 27th of March 1909 he was posted to the battleship HMS King Edward VII. On the 15th of September 1909 he was posted to the battleship HMS Bulwark and was promoted to Sub Lieutenant on the 15th of December 1909. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 15th of June 1911 and was posted to the battle cruiser HMS Indomitable on the 21st of February 1912.

From the 7th of February 1914 he served on board the 763 ton Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMS Ariel, part of the Harwich Destroyer Force and from 1915 to 1918 he served with the Dover Patrol. He was mentioned in despatches for "distinguished services" during the raid on Zeebrugge on the 22nd/23rd of April 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the 15th of June 1919 and to Commander on the 15th of July 1919.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross which was announced by the Admiralty on the 15th of February 1919 for “Services in Monitors off the Belgian Coast from the 1st of July to the 11th of November 1918”

He was married at the Parish Church, Rugby to Maud Mary (nee Gracey) on the 9th of August 1916; they had four sons, Michael John, born on the 8th of July 1917, Timothy David, born on the 5th of August 1918, Patrick, born on the 5th of June 1920 and James Jeremy, born in 1922. They lived at "The Hollies", Limekilns, Fife in Scotland.

He was later appointed as Assistant Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance and retired from the Navy with the rank of Commander on the 12th of December 1932 and lived at “St Brelade”, Gallowhill Avenue, Lenzie near Glasgow.

He was recalled to the Navy in 1938 and commanded an armour plating test station at Kirkintulloch during the Second World War.

His son, Sub Lieutenant James Jeremy Brougham RN HM Submarine Unbeaten, was killed in action on the 11th of November 1942.
Went on to Wellington College

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