Gunner Joseph Lockton, 99966
- Batt - 120th Heavy Bty.
- Unit - Royal Garrison Artillery
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 07/09/1887
- Died - 16/11/1918
- Age - 31
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. After service in France and Belgium he died in the 5th Northern Hospital, Leicester, on 16th November 1918 as a result of being gassed.
Leicester Daily Mercury 19/11/1918:
"LOCKTON - In loving memory of Gunner Joseph Lockton, R.G.A., died of pneumonia Nov. 16th, the dearly beloved husband of Alice Charlotte Lockton, 44, Fairfield-street. Funeral service Clarendon Baptist Chapel, 11.20 am, Thursday Nov. 21st."
He is buried in Unconsecrated Plot S. 1992 with his brother John, who died a short time before on 01/11/1918.
(Information from I Sainthouse, 27/02/2023)
Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of John and Minnie Lockton of Leicester, and the husband of Alice C. Lockton. He died of pneumonia as a result of being gassed.
- Conflict - World War II
- Cause of death - Pneumonia
- Burial Place - Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery, S. "U". 1992
- Birth Place - Bedminster, Somerset
- Unit - Royal Garrison Artillery
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Welford Road Cem., Leicester, England, Grave Reference: Us.1992.
- Place of Residence - 44 Fairfield Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
