Commander,Christopher De Saumarez Brock ,Royal Navy,29th November 1942

Remembered on the Church Stretton War Memorial,Shropshire.

HMS Excellent II (accounting base, Bournemouth) (missing, presumed killed in an air crash in a Sunderland aircraft [W6016/X], probably lost over Biscay Bay)
Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945  --  B

Excellent, air crash
BROCK, Christopher de S, Commander, Rtd, missing
Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, November 1942


Commander BROCK, CHRISTOPHER DE SAUMAREZ
Died 29/11/1942

Aged 43

H.M.S. Excellent II.
Royal Navy

Son of Lancelot De Saumarez Brock and Katherine Brock; husband of Dora Ruth Brock, of Langley Burrell, Wiltshire. Awarded Order of the Redeemer, Greek Medal of Military Merit.

Casualty

 

Clive, you may find this of interest from my website.

Commander C De Saumarez-Brock

 

Thank you Nick
Do you have any idea re his link to Church Stretton in Shropshire.

regards
Clive

 

Evening Despatch 21 December 1943

 

Christopher de Saumarez Brock
Birth: abt 1899 - Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Death: 29 Nov 1942
Marriage: Dec 1938 - Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Spouse: Dora Ruth Larmour
F: Lancelot de Saumarez Brock
M: Katherine Turner

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56688258


There are a few more files but they dont really add anything, unless you require more detail [some are TNA files]

TD

From the above and the newspaper article - what is the connection to 'Salop'?

 

I think our RAF experts may be able to provide more info on the crash.
In addition to Cdr Brock the crash also included Cdr(S) Rudolph I C Behr, RN, both travelling as passengers together with 11 or 12 man RAF crew.

Tim