Roger Sidney Brocksom (9 November 1919 – 26 May 2001) was an English engineer and soldier. He became well-known through his marriage to the actress June Spencer, whom he married during World War II.
Early life
Roger Sidney Brocksom was born in Grimsby, Humberside, England on 9 November 1919. He was the first of two children to Gertrude Mary (née Benton) and Sidney John Brocksom. He had a younger sister.
Career
Brocksom worked as an engineer.
Brocksom joined the Army in 1940. He held the rank of a Second Lieutenant. He served in Northern Ireland. Brocksom was posted to India and Burma for three year and four months in February 1943, where he was upgraded to a Major. He would frequently write to his new bride. He returned home at the end of May 1946. Brocksom remained in the Army for another year, stationed at Devizes. He was demobbed and found work as a civilian.
Brocksom found work at the London office of Palmers Hepburn, with six months training in Newcastle.
Personal life
Brocksom met actress June Spencer while on holiday in Chapel-St-Leonards, Lincolnshire at the age of 17. The couple got engaged with their banns read in Armagh Cathedral, while he was on leave from serving in Northern Ireland. The couple were married in Sherwood, Nottingham on 27 May 1942, by Bishop Neville Talbolt. The couple adopted two children, a son and a daughter. His son, David, died from alcoholism in Nuremberg, Germany on 2 November 2006. He was 55.
Brocksom died from a stroke with complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease in Leatherhead, Surrey on 26 May 2001. He was 81. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1992. His obituary was published by The Daily Telegraph on 28 May.