Wing Commander FRANK ARTHUR BROCK
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
(Zeebrugge Raid).
Date of Death
Died 23 April 1918
Age 34 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Additional Info Son of Arthur Brock, of Haredon Sutton, Surrey; husband of Gladys Grosvenor Brock (two daughters, Anne and Francesca). Served on the Board of Inventions and Research. Founded, organised and commanded R.N. Experimental Station at Stratford. Invented The Brock anti-Zeppelin Bullet, Colour Filter, Dover Flare and Smoke Apparatus. devised, developed and superintended the use of the Smoke Screen employed in the attack on Zeebrugge, where he joined a storming party on the Mole and lost his life.
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