5055082 L/Bdr Francis Lockett, RA

5055082 Lance Bombardier Francis Ashley Lockett of the Royal Artillery, died on the 14th May 1943. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his unit as 441 Battery 64 (1/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment. He was 23 years old, the son of James Ashley Lockett and Elizabeth Ann Lockett of Silverdale. He is buried in the Silverdale Cemetery in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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