Dr. Byron Britton Brock
b. 1 Jul 1904 Kingston, Ontario
d. 2 Apr 1972 Simonstown, Cape, S.Africa
Geologist RCN Naval College. BASc UBC 1926, Geological Engineering PhD U.Michigan,1934. Son of R. W. Brock, Dean of Univ of BC, for which Brock Hall @ UBC is named.
m.21 Nov 1929 Barbara Grote Stirling b. 14 Sep 1906 Erpingham, Norfolk d. 11 Aug 1978 Natal, S. Africa
Parents: Reginald Walter Brock (son of the Reverend Thomas Brock, a Methodist minister, and Marian Jenkins) b. 10 Jan 1874 Perth, Ontario Perth, Ontario d. 30 Jul 1935 Alta Lake BC m. 28 Nov 1900 Mildred Gertrude Britton (mother Mary Eliza HOLTON) b. 19 Feb 1879 Kingston Ontario d. 31 Jul 1935 Horseshoe Bay, after injuries sustained at Alta Lake BC.
Both died as a result of a plane crash. Their sudden deaths following an airplane crash on 30 July 1935 near their summer home at Alta Lake (he was killed instantly; she died the next day en route to a hospital) made front-page news for three days. Crowds filled the streets for their funeral procession.
They had 5 sons.
Patrick Willet 1902-1988
Byron Britton 1904-1972
David Hamilton 1910-1978
Thomas Leith 1912-1993
Philip Hilton Gilbert 1914-1995
b. 1 Jul 1904 Kingston, Ontario
d. 2 Apr 1972 Simonstown, Cape, S.Africa
Geologist RCN Naval College. BASc UBC 1926, Geological Engineering PhD U.Michigan,1934. Son of R. W. Brock, Dean of Univ of BC, for which Brock Hall @ UBC is named.
m.21 Nov 1929 Barbara Grote Stirling b. 14 Sep 1906 Erpingham, Norfolk d. 11 Aug 1978 Natal, S. Africa
Parents: Reginald Walter Brock (son of the Reverend Thomas Brock, a Methodist minister, and Marian Jenkins) b. 10 Jan 1874 Perth, Ontario Perth, Ontario d. 30 Jul 1935 Alta Lake BC m. 28 Nov 1900 Mildred Gertrude Britton (mother Mary Eliza HOLTON) b. 19 Feb 1879 Kingston Ontario d. 31 Jul 1935 Horseshoe Bay, after injuries sustained at Alta Lake BC.
Both died as a result of a plane crash. Their sudden deaths following an airplane crash on 30 July 1935 near their summer home at Alta Lake (he was killed instantly; she died the next day en route to a hospital) made front-page news for three days. Crowds filled the streets for their funeral procession.
They had 5 sons.
Patrick Willet 1902-1988
Byron Britton 1904-1972
David Hamilton 1910-1978
Thomas Leith 1912-1993
Philip Hilton Gilbert 1914-1995
Dr. Byron Britton Brock
b. 1 Jul 1904 Kingston, Ontario
d. 2 Apr 1972 Simonstown, Cape, S.Africa
Geologist RCN Naval College. BASc UBC 1926, Geological Engineering PhD U.Michigan,1934. Son of R. W. Brock, Dean of Univ of BC, for which Brock Hall @ UBC is named.
m.21 Nov 1929 Barbara Grote Stirling b. 14 Sep 1906 Erpingham, Norfolk d. 11 Aug 1978 Natal, S. Africa
Parents: Reginald Walter Brock (son of the Reverend Thomas Brock, a Methodist minister, and Marian Jenkins) b. 10 Jan 1874 Perth, Ontario Perth, Ontario d. 30 Jul 1935 Alta Lake BC m. 28 Nov 1900 Mildred Gertrude Britton (mother Mary Eliza HOLTON) b. 19 Feb 1879 Kingston Ontario d. 31 Jul 1935 Horseshoe Bay, after injuries sustained at Alta Lake BC.
Both died as a result of a plane crash. Their sudden deaths following an airplane crash on 30 July 1935 near their summer home at Alta Lake (he was killed instantly; she died the next day en route to a hospital) made front-page news for three days. Crowds filled the streets for their funeral procession.
They had 5 sons.
Patrick Willet 1902-1988
Byron Britton 1904-1972
David Hamilton 1910-1978
Thomas Leith 1912-1993
Philip Hilton Gilbert 1914-1995
b. 1 Jul 1904 Kingston, Ontario
d. 2 Apr 1972 Simonstown, Cape, S.Africa
Geologist RCN Naval College. BASc UBC 1926, Geological Engineering PhD U.Michigan,1934. Son of R. W. Brock, Dean of Univ of BC, for which Brock Hall @ UBC is named.
m.21 Nov 1929 Barbara Grote Stirling b. 14 Sep 1906 Erpingham, Norfolk d. 11 Aug 1978 Natal, S. Africa
Parents: Reginald Walter Brock (son of the Reverend Thomas Brock, a Methodist minister, and Marian Jenkins) b. 10 Jan 1874 Perth, Ontario Perth, Ontario d. 30 Jul 1935 Alta Lake BC m. 28 Nov 1900 Mildred Gertrude Britton (mother Mary Eliza HOLTON) b. 19 Feb 1879 Kingston Ontario d. 31 Jul 1935 Horseshoe Bay, after injuries sustained at Alta Lake BC.
Both died as a result of a plane crash. Their sudden deaths following an airplane crash on 30 July 1935 near their summer home at Alta Lake (he was killed instantly; she died the next day en route to a hospital) made front-page news for three days. Crowds filled the streets for their funeral procession.
They had 5 sons.
Patrick Willet 1902-1988
Byron Britton 1904-1972
David Hamilton 1910-1978
Thomas Leith 1912-1993
Philip Hilton Gilbert 1914-1995
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