BROCKBANK, Maurice Chester

Known as: 
Ches
Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: 
Born: 
Tuesday, August 30, 1910
Died : 
Thursday, April 12, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
34
Maurice Chester Brockbank 45RM
Captain Maurice Brockbank, 'C' troop, died during operations at the River Aller in the vicinity of the village of Hademstorf. He had previously received a Mention in Despatches whilst with 40RM Commando for "outstanding service while operating with the Allied Armies in Italy." Son of Clarence Jesse and Caroline Brockbank; husband of Marjorie Winifred Brockbank, of Ewell, Surrey.
 
Sources 
CWGC.
London Gazette 36903, page 518.
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Major J.C. Beadle MBE, MC, RM.
The book A Plain Russet-Coated Captain by Capt. John Day 45RM Cdo.
The 1939 Register covering Surrey.
[Image] Dr Piers Baker.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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