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Honours

Broome won a silver medal in the four-man event at the

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in Chamonix. Earlier, Broome had been awarded the Military Cross (

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) and Distinguished Service Order (1918) while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in

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. He retired from the Royal Tank Corps as a lieutenant colonel in 1935.

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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medallists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896–1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559. Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain British male bobsledders People from Chamba district 1889 births 1985 deaths Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Military Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order British Army personnel of World War I Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Royal Tank Regiment officers Wiltshire Regiment officers Military personnel of British India {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub