Lord Brabourne 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 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]
Brabourne was buried in the Padua War Cemetery in Italy. He died unmarried, and his titles passed to his younger brother, John Knatchbull.
Referencesedit
^"Storia diplomatica della questione dell'Alto Adige", pp 236–237, by Mario Toscano, published by Laterza, Bari, 1967.
External linksedit
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Brabourne
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