(1884-06-29)29 June 1884 South Norwood, Surrey, England
Died
23 April 1918(1918-04-23) (aged 33) Zeebrugge Port, Belgium
Allegiance
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch
Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force
Years of service
1914–1918
Rank
Wing Commander
Battles/wars
World War I • Zeebrugge Raid †
Awards
Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches
Zeebrugge Memorial. Inscription reads: "To the glory of God and in memory of these three officers and one mechanic of the Royal Navy who fell on the mole at Zeebrugge on Saint George's Day 1918 and have no known grave Wing Commander Brock F. A. O.B.E. Lieutenant Commander Harrison A. L. V.C. Lieutenant Hawkings C.E.V. Mechanic Second Class F/50269 Rouse J"[1]
Wing Commander Frank Arthur BrockOBE (29 June 1884 – 23 April 1918) was a British officer commissioned into the Royal Artillery, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and finally, when the RNAS merged with the RFC, the Royal Air Force. He invented the explosive bullet that destroyed the German Zeppelins and he devised and executed the smoke screen used during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918, an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge during the First World War.
^John Rouse on Lives of the First World War
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Global Information
Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in dispatches