Charles William Locke
Service Number
30354
Military Unit
9th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
19 Aug 1917 (22 years old)
Place of Birth
Radford Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Coal Miner handling
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Family History
He was the son of John William and Amelia Ann Locke and the brother of John Henry, Alice Gertrude, Amelia Ann and Thomas Andrew Locke. In 1911 they lived at 27 Seventh Street Wallsend Northumberland.
Research by Colin Dannatt
Military History
Charles Locke enlisted after 1 January 1916 and joined the battalion in France. Three of the men killed on 19th August 1917 are buried at Tyne Cot cemetery - graves LXIV.G1; G3 and Charles in G.4. At 8-30 pm on the 19th a heavy barrage targeted battalion HQ and one shell killed three machine gunners (Lewis gunners from battalion) and wounded a number of men. Charles was one of the machine gunners killed.
John Morse
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
Charles William Locke grave
30354 Private Charles William Locke was killed in action on 19 August 1917 and is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, grave LXIV. G. 4. Visited and cross laid by John Morse who also supplied this photo