15 June 2010

5566506 Pte John Lewis Rockett, 2d Bn, Wilts Regt

5566506 Private John L Rockett of the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, died in England on the 15th June 1940. He was 32 years old, the son of Henry (Harry) W T Rockett and Matilda Ann Rockett, and the husband of Hilda May Rockett of Creech St Michael. He is buried in St Michael Creech Churchyard in Somerset.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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