dunkirk

[onecoat]

hi, how do i find out about someone who died at dunkirk, all i know about him was his name which was alfie brock and he died at the age of 19

onecoat

[RJ_Paton]

I've had a look on the Commonwealth wargraves commission site and the only Alfred Brock they have listed is an Australian who died in New Britain.
Nothing under Brock for Dunkirk area or time period.

[onecoat]

thanks for looking, i really dont know how else i will find him
onecoat

[suey]

onecoat, was this fellow a direct relative ie father/grandfather, here is a link for obtaining Service Records, this might be the way to go.

http://www.mod.uk/contacts/army_records.htm

There is lots of help on the Armed Forces Board or tell us what you already know and what you want to know and lets see if we can help?

[manmack]

there are only 37 men called brock who died in ww2,non at dunkirk,and only 3 of them were 19 and 4 aged 20,which war are you talking about,died at dunkirk could also mean ww1,in one of the base hospitals,mack

[meles]

How do you find out that figure? Is there a website I can visit with more details? Perhaps I can finally find out what happened to a couple of missing Brocks!

[manmack]

meles,its the cwgc,mack

[meles]

Many thanks
Meles

[aussiecandy]

Hi,
Our family rumour was that my Grandfather was missing presumed killed at Dunkirk during WWII. That's also what Dad was told when he applied for the RN back in the 40's & searched for his missing father via Somerset House. 50 or so years later I took up the search to find out what really happened to my Grandfather. CWGC didn't have him & neither did NAM. With the help of a researcher in England we ascertained that Gramps survived Dunkirk, survived Italy too and lived on until 1982. Sadly, we found this out in 2000 so I never met Gramps who had married again before serving at Dunkirk. So keep this in mind that your relative might also have survived Dunkirk. 

Regards,
Candy