Private Robert Lockwood
33629 10th Lancashire Fusiliers
Born in Church,Lived in Hapton
Killed in Action 4th November 1918
Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France
Burnley Express 16th June 1917 - 23rd June 1917 - 7th December 1918

Brothers Albert, Robert and Walter

Reported in the Burnley Express of 7 December 1918: -
HAPTON MAN PRESUMED KILLED.
Mrs Lockwood of 10, Wood Street, Hapton, received the following letter from Captain A.W. Grath on Monday: -" Dear Madam, - It is with the deepest regret, I have to inform you that your husband Private Robert Lockwood, 33629, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers, was reported missing on April 4th (sic), and is now presumed to have been killed on that date. Since your husband was reported missing I have made every effort to inquiry and tried to trace him, and did not write you before because I trusted that each day would bring some news of him. Your husband was last seen alive at about 5.30 am, before we went forward to attack a village, and the Bosches were shelling us heavily at this time. He was platoon runner and always did his work so well and cheerfully, that, I had decided to promote him to my own headquarters. May I express the hope that you will find some consolation in the knowledge that your husband died whilst fighting for his King and country".
Private Lockwood enlisted in May 1916, and after training at Whitechurch, was transferred to France in December 1916. He was badly wounded in the back in June 1917, and was sent to Newcastle Hospital. His brother Private Walter Lockwood has just received his discharge, whilst Private Albert Lockwood, another brother, was killed in France in December 1914.