Gordon Lockley
Service Number
13826
Military Unit
7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Date of birth
Date of Death
23 Jul 1916 (23 years old)
Place of Birth
Cannock Staffordshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a miner.
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Family History
He was the son of Emanuel and Selina Lockley and the brother of Winifred, Vernon, May, Kate and Percy Lockley of Brookdale Road Sutton in Ashfield.
Military History
Private Gordon Lockley, enlisted at Sutton in Ashfield on 2nd September 1914. He served with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, he died on 23rd July 1916 from wounds received in action on 14th July 1916. He is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe.He is buried in Heilly Station Cemtery, Mericourt-L'Abbe (grave ref. II.C.36).
In the same grave are buried Pte H Noble, Royal West Kent Regiment, and Pte J Sanders, South Lancashire Regiment, both of whom were killed on 22 July 1916.
Extra Information
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Photographs
Gordon Lockley
Commonwealth War Grave Commission headstone marking his grave at Heilly Station cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe Somme, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle