The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal F J Lockley


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Corporal Frederick John LOCKLEY, G/20108, 1st Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 27th September 1918. 

Born  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, son of Charles & Ann Elizabeth Lockley.


1911 Census - 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire - Charles Lockley, head, age 49, married, haulage carter, own account, born Codsall, Staffordshire; Ann Elizabeth Lockley, wife, age 47, married 28 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Nelly May Lockley, daughter, age 22, single, at home, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Frederick John Lockley, son, age 20, single, railway messenger, Railway Company, worker, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Agnes Mabel Lockley, daughter, age 14, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Albert Edward Lockley. son, age 12, school, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Elizabeth  Ann Lockley, daughter, age 9, school, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Albert Earnest Harley, boarder, age 46, widower, 2 children, 1 still alive, coal merchant, own account, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; Elsie May Harley, boarder, age 19, single, Wombourne, Staffordshire.


Enlisted Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, age 25 years & 12 days, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 144lbs. Resided 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Formerly Railway employee, London & North Western Railway Company.

Home  17th November 1915 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 27th September 1918.

17th November 1915, enlisted; 18th November 1915 to Army Reserve; 16th May 1917, mobilized; 18th May 1917, Scarborough, posted No3. Depot, 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Service No.37815; 21st May 1917, joined 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment; 1st September 1917, transferred to Royal Fusiliers, for posting to 5th Reserve Battalion, London Regiment, Service No.59272; 1st October 1917, Dover, Direct Disobedience of Regimental Orders, 4 days confined to Barracks; 12th October 1917, posted 2nd Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 14th November 1917, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th December 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 1st April 1918, returned to France with Battalion; 29th June 1918, appointed paid Acting Corporal; 20th August 1918 to 3rd September 1918, leave to UK.

19th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, nil; Children, nil; Father, Charles Lockley, 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton; Mother, Ann Elizabeth Lockley, 26 Mental Hospital, Stafford; Brothers - Charles Lockley, age 36, 24 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton; Albert E Lockley, age 20, 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton; Sisters - Lucy Jane Chadd?, age 34, Angel Hotel, St Johns, Worcester; Annie Maud Smith, age 32, 64 Nine Elms Lane, Wolverhampton; Nellie May Flynn, age 30, 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton; Edith Emily? Kelsey, age 26, 18 Leslie Road, Wolverhampton; Elsie May Lockley, age 23, 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton; Agnes Mabel White, age 22, 75 Vernon Street, Wolverhampton; Elizabeth  Ann Lockley, age 18, 26 Montrose Street, Wolverhampton.

Buried at Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery,  VIII. A. 4., Nord, France.

External link to Wolverhampton Railway Roll of Honour 


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