Commander David de Beauvoir Stocks, DSO
Royal Navy. H.M. Submarine K.4
31/01/1918
Chevalier, Legion D'honneur (France). Son of John Wallace
Stocks (late Capt. B. H. Lt. Horse), and Elizabeth Brock,
his wife of Sutton, Surrey. Husband of Cheridah A. Stocks,
of Westcombe, Evercreech, Somerset. Grandson of the
Rev de Beauvoir Brock of Guernsey.
Lost at sea, aged 34 years.
On 31st January 1918 HMS K4 left harbour
bound for a North Sea exercise. In what became known
as the Battle of May Island a number of submarines were
lost. Several collisions occurred, including K6 colliding
with K4. So great was the collision that K4 was cut
almost in two and sank immediately with the loss of
all onboard.
