We remember William Absalom Lock

We remember William Absalom Lock

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1895
birth Manor Park, London United Kingdom Source:2690682 4th October 1895
1897
sibling Edna Lock Source:2690682 10th July 1897
1898
sibling Rodney Lock Source:2690682 30th December 1898
1903
sibling Beatrix Lydia Lock Source:2690682 15th August 1903
1914
commission Regular Source:5502140 14th August 1914
1914
enlistment Devizes United Kingdom Source:5502140 14th August 1914
1914
service British Army 2nd Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion Source:2690682 18th August 1914 - 15th September 1915
1914
service British Army 2nd Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion Source:2690682 19th September 1914 - 25th September 1915
education Secondary Education Marlborough College Marlborough, Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:5502140
service British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment Source:2690682
1915
death Killed in Action Lieut Lock was killed while endeavoring to use his machine gun. He had been previously wounded but had gallantly advanced again and was killed while firing his gun. Festubert France Source:7050563 Source:2690682 25th September 1915
burial Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais Brown's Road Cemetery, Festubert, France. Plot 1, Row F, Grave 6 France Source:7050563 Source:2690682

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Absalom
Initials WA
Last Name Lock
Source 2690682
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Wiltshire Regiment Lieutenant
British Army Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion 2nd Lieutenant
British Army Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion 2nd Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lydia Lock - Nee Absalom mother
William Henry Lock father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Edna Lock sister 10th July 1897
Rodney Lock brother 30th December 1898
Beatrix Lydia Lock sister 15th August 1903
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1914 5'6"

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