Basic Details
Surname
Locke
Forenames
Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
This is one of seven similar crosses in the church arranged below the war memorial and Roll of Honour. In all cases the cross beam has been covered in paper before painting. Private Robert Lock or Locke, 8th Bn Suffolk Regiment and 53rd Bn Machine Gun Corps was killed on 19th January 1918 aged 25. He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge, Belgium. There is no evidence so far that the Locks or Lockes commemorated on the crosses were brothers.
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Boezinge
Cemetery
Artillery Wood Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
January
Day of death
19
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action