Charles Gordon Brodie

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Rear-Admiral Charles Gordon Brodie, R.N. (19 January, 1884 – March 1964)[1] was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Charles Brodie was the son of the iron founder George Gordon Brodie of Birmingham. He entered the Royal Navy with the September 1898 intake term of Britannia, scoring 2590 marks on his entrance examination to finish just behind his twin brother, Theodore Stuart Brodie, being seventh of sixty-six candidates accepted for that term.[2] Both would go on to become submariners.

Charles Brodie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 July, 1904.[3]

Brodie was lucky to be just one of three men to survive the ramming and loss of C 11 by the steamer Eddystone on the night of 14 July, 1909, four and a half miles off Haisboro Light off Cromer.[4][5] Brodie would later be awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal and Certificate for saving the life of Lieutenant Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins.[6]

Brodie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 19 July, 1912.[7]

Brodie was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Thames on 1 January, 1913.[8]

Charles would lose his brother, Theodore, when the submarine he was commanding, E 15, was lost in the Dardanelles on 17 April, 1915.

Brodie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 28 June, 1916.[9]

Post-War

Brodie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1922.[10]

On September 1931, he was superseded in command of the heavy cruiser Berwick by Cecil Nugent Reyne.[11]

Brodie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 August, 1934 and placed on the Retired List the next day in accordance with Order in Council of 9 March, 1914.[12]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. C 11
23 Sep, 1907[13] – 14 Jul, 1909[14] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
George H. Pownall 		Captain of H.M.S. C 9
10 May, 1912[15][16] – 1 Jan, 1913 		Succeeded by
Charles S. Benning
Preceded by
Stanley L. Willis 		Captain of H.M.S. Thames
1 Jan, 1913[17][18] – 14 Jan, 1914[19] 		Succeeded by
Alexander R. Palmer
Preceded by
George B. Lewis 		Captain of H.M.S. Rapid
14 Jan, 1914[20] – 13 May, 1915[21] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur L. Ashby 		Captain of H.M.S. Triad
27 May, 1915[22] – 1 Aug, 1915[23] 		Succeeded by
George E. Lewin
Preceded by
Frederick A. Sommerville 		Captain of H.M.S. Adamant
6 Aug, 1915[24][25] – Mar, 1917[26] 		Succeeded by
Kenneth M. Bruce
Preceded by
Henry D. Gill 		Captain of H.M.S. Platypus
Mar, 1917[27] – 28 Oct, 1918[28] 		Succeeded by
Edward C. Boyle
Preceded by
Colin Cantlie 		Captain of H.M.S. K 16
Oct, 1918[29] – 22 Jul, 1919[30] 		Succeeded by
George P. Thomson
Preceded by
Hubert Vaughan-Jones 		Captain of H.M.S. M 1
30 Mar, 1921[31] – 12 Jul, 1922[32] 		Succeeded by
Edward G. Stanley
Preceded by
Charles S. Benning 		Captain of H.M.S. Titania
1 Feb, 1923[33] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. T. Raikes
Preceded by
John G. Bower
as Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla 		Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
1 Feb, 1923[34] – Mar, 1925[35] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. T. Raikes
Preceded by
Geoffrey Layton 		Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin
3 Aug, 1925[36] – 10 Oct, 1927[37] 		Succeeded by
Robert R. Turner
Preceded by
Eric G. Robinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Berwick
15 Apr, 1930[38] – Sep, 1931[39] 		Succeeded by
Cecil N. Reyne
Preceded by
Rupert C. Taylor 		Captain of H.M.S. Ambrose
17 Nov, 1939[40] – 14 Mar, 1940[41] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Findmypast.co.uk [pay to view]. National Burial Index For England & Wales [database online].
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 10, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35591.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Submarine Disaster". The Times. Friday, 16 July, 1909. Issue 39013, col B, p. 10.
  5. ↑ "Submarine Disaster." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 16, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39013.
  6. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  7. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  9. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  10. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  11. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  12. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 286.
  14. ↑ "Submarine Disaster". The Times. Friday, 16 July, 1909. Issue 39013, col B, p. 10.
  15. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 385.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  18. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  19. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  20. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  21. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  22. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  23. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391c.
  25. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  26. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  27. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  28. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600. Day of month taken from successor.
  29. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  30. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  31. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  32. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 275.
  34. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  35. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  36. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  37. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  39. ↑ He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  40. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  41. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.

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