BROCKBANK, ROBERT, Private, No. 63526, Machine Gun Corps, s. of the late Henry Moore Brockbank, by his wife, Mary (-) (Bankrigg Cottage, Bay Horse, near Lancaster); b. Forten, near Lancaster, 14 April, 1887; educ. Ripley Hospital, Lancaster; enlisted 10 Aug. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 15 Dec. following, and was killed in action at Ypres 28 Sept. 1917, while in a Tank. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was very plucky, and I have never known him to turn a hair even when in very tight corners.” He m. at Blackpool, 9 Sept. 1911, Elizabeth Alice, dau. of Thomas Webster, and had a son, Robert Reginald, b. 7 Feb. 1917.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5