Richard Melville Brooker | |
---|---|
Nickname(s) |
|
Born | 23 September 1909 Paris |
Died | 1994 (aged 84) |
Buried | Sicklinghall Cemetery, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England |
Allegiance | |
Service/ | |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands | |
Battles/wars |
Richard Melville "Bill" Brooker was a British soldier, spy, instructor, and commando during World War II, and integral to the Allied effort in defeating the Axis. He was a member of Churchill's Special Operations Executive (SOE), and Commandant of Camp X, where he trained the men and women who would become the leaders of the Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI), which became the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He is considered one of the fathers of modern American central intelligence, and gained the admiration of William J. Donovan and Allen Dulles, and even is mentioned as being a great instructor of spies in the memoirs of Kim Philby.[1][2]
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search