Captain Maurice Chester Brockbank, 45RM Commando died of wounds Germany

[Photo courtesy of Dr. Piers Baker].

Captain Maurice 'Ches' Brockbank, 'C' troop, died during operations at the River Aller in the vicinity of Hademstorf. Previously Mentioned in Despatches with 40RM Commando for outstanding service while operating with the Allied Armies in Italy.

In Memory of Captain Maurice Chester Brockbank
Mentioned in Despatches.
45 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines,
who died on 12 April 1945 aged 34.
Remembered with honour at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
Son of Clarence Jesse and Caroline Brockbank; husband of Marjorie Winifred Brockbank, of Ewell, Surrey.