BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1880. SON OF TOM WALKER LOCKTON (1862-1937) AND FRANCES ELIZABETH THEAKER (1863-1907). A COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED CLARA SMITH, AT THE GRIMSBY REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 18/04/1911. THEY LIVED AT 14, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SON, CHARLES FREDERICK LOCTON AND 19, VILLA PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (THE RAILWAY PALS, FORMED IN HULL, ON 15/09/1914.) DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8.5 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR AND ‘RUDDY’ COMPLEXION. HE SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 20/11/1915. BECAME MENTALLY UNFIT, 15/05/1917 AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 24/04/1918, HAVING SERVED 3 YEARS AND 222 DAYS. HIS MILITARY CHARACTER WAS DESCRIBED AS “VERY GOOD”. HE WAS DECLARED INSANE, SENT TO THE KESTEVEN COUNTY ASYLUM, SLEAFORD. HE DIED AT RAUCEBY HOSPITAL, ON 13/11/1918, AND WAS BURIED IN ONE OF THE OLDER HOSPITAL CEMETERIES, ON 19/11/1918, AGED 38. (There is no extant burial plan for the cemeteries, and it is not known exactly where he is buried within the cemeteries there).
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CLARA. AT 19, VILLA PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET WW1 MEMORIAL, WHICH INCLUDED VILLA PLACE WITHIN THE PARISH BOUNDARY.
HIS DEATH WAS NOT RECORDED IN CWGC RECORDS, UNTIL MAY 2025 WHEN SLEAFORD TOWN CPOUNCIL SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED HIS DEATH & BURIAL AT RAUCEBY HOSPITAL, LINCOLNSHIRE.
(11/11/2025 – Thank You to the efforts of Chris Pilkington FSLCC, Town Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer, & Sleaford Town Council, for remembering Private, Charles Arthur Lockton – Private Charles Lockton | War Casualty Details 75472878 | CWGC
