Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne

Norton Cecil Michael Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (11 February 1922 – 15 September 1943) was a British peer and soldier, the son of Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne.

Lieutenant Knatchbull, educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War. He was wounded and captured by the Germans in Italy in 1943. On his way to captivity in Germany he tried to escape from the prison train at Bronzolo, a village in South Tyrol, together with Lt Arnold Guy Vivian, a fellow officer in the 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Both were recaptured and executed by the SS in Bronzolo on 15 September 1943.^[1]

Lord Brabourne died unmarried and his titles passed to his younger brother, John Knatchbull.

References

1. ^ "Storia diplomatica della questione dell'Alto Adige", pp 236-237, by Mario Toscano, published by Laterza, Bari, 1967.

External links

• CWGC Grave record

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Michael Brabourne	Baron Brabourne 1939–1943	Succeeded by John Knatchbull

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Name	Brabourne, Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron
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Date of birth	1922
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Date of death	1943
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