Brett Cloutman

Who was Brett Cloutman?

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Brett Mackay Cloutman VC MC KC was a British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Brett Cloutman was educated at Berkhamsted School, Bishop's Stortford College and London University where he was a member of the Royal Engineers contingent of the university's Officers' Training Corps.

At the outbreak of World War I Cloutman enlisted as a Rifleman in the Rangers, reached the rank of Lance-Corporal, and in 1915 was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Kent Engineers, a Territorial Force unit.