Basic Details
Surname
Armstrong
Forenames
John Lockwood
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14652
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as Cowgate. It states that he died on 27/10/1916, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Corporal John Lockwood Armstrong, regimental number 14652, died aged 26 on 28/10/1915 while serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment; he is buried in grave XI.E.11 at Cologne Southern Cemetery in Germany. They record him as the son of Charles & Margaret Armstrong of Cowgate, Peterborough. John's date of death is likewise recorded as 28/10/1915 in Soldiers Died in the Great War, on the Medal Rolls, and also on the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which record that he died of wounds as a Prisoner of War at Fest Lazarett in Wesel, and that his father Charles was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Wesel
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
'Died of wounds 27 October 1916, in hospital at Wesel, Germany, whilst a Prisoner of War'
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
COWGATE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial