BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN HENRY LOCKWOOD & MARY JANE LOCKWOOD, OF 2 HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL AND 1 ETTY’S GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH PARENTS AND WORKED FOR IDEAL STANDARD, NATIONAL RADIATOR COMPANY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED AS A BOMB THROWER. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM, 02/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT FRICOURT, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 12 MONTHS. HE WAS AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILLIAM, JOHN, FRANK AND ARTHUR, AND SISTER, ETHEL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/07/1916.
HIS NAME IS LISTED WITH 46 EMPLOYEES ON THE IDEAL BOILER AND RADIATOR COMPANY WW1 MEMORIAL, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT FRICOURT NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE”.
