Geoffrey Brooke (pentathlete)Geoffrey Brooke was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.Personal lifeDuring the Second World War, Brooke served in the Royal Navy on the destroyer and the battleships and. He survived the sinking of the latter in December 1941 and managed to escape Singapore in February 1942. Brooke was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for putting out fires on the in the latter part of the war and served in the navy until 1958.