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Brock, H Le M



Henry Le Marchant Brock

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Le Marchant Brock
Royal Flying Corps/Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Obtained Royal Aero Club certificate (551) at the Deperdussin School, Hendon in a Deperdussin monoplane, 10/07/1913

He was commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1909. Just before the outbreak of WW1 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, and made military history in aerial reconnaissance. He served in France and Egypt, was awarded the DSO and mentioned in despatches five times. He became a founder member of the RAF, and was appointed to a permanent commission of Lieutenant Colonel in 1919.

Born in 1889 in Hampshire. Son of Rev HenryWalter & Amy Gabrielle Gabrielle Brock )nee Powell) of St Peter's Rectory, Guernsey. He died in 1964

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