BORN WAKEFIELD 1879. SON OF SAMUEL FIRTH (1838-1908) AND SARAH ELIZABETH GATES (1844-1899). THE FAMILY LIVED IN WAKEFIELD, CHATHAM AND HULL HE WORKED AS AS A CINEMA MANAGER AND LIVED AT 102 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH MILLIGAN (1884-1952), IN HULL, ON 28/04/1902. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, MOTOR TRANSPORT SECTION. HE DIED AT THE ROYAL HERBERT HOSPITAL, WOOLWICH, ON 20/12/1916, AGED 37. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT GREENWICH CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO JAMES ABBOTT. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH FIRTH, MOVED TO 168 DE GRASSI STREET, TORONTO, CANADA.
First name:
LOCKHEART SAMUEL
Military Number:
273181
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/12/1916
Place died:
Greenwich Cemetery, London, UK
Age:
37
