Terry Denham Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 CWGC added the following 'new' WW1 casualty to its Debt of Honour database today – Wednesday 16th May. Pte Tom LOCKWOOD R4/062832 Army Service Corps Died 18.10.16 Age 57 Buried: Oldham (Chadderton) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK NOT FORGOTTEN This casualty was put forward by GWF on behalf of member, Chris Harley, on 11.04.07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugby-137 Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Terry As ever well done. Regards Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Terry, Good work, and another hero for the world to see. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoldier Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Pte. Tom Lockwood. Rest In Peace. Remembered With Honour. Terry W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Well done Chris and Terry. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Tom died in Eastbourne Central Military Hospital from pneumonia & hemiplegia. He was probably a member of a New Army Remount Unit. He had served in France arriving there 03/04/1915. A builder & carter by trade he was married to Ann & was resident at 8 Boedead Place Oldham May He Rest In Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Good work, Chris. Pleased to see someone localish to me "in from the cold". John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Well played, Sir. I have raised to glass to the memory of Pte Tom Lockwood. Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 16 May , 2007 Share Posted 16 May , 2007 Raising a glass to the memory to Tom Lockwood & raising another one to you Chris for making sure he's not forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 6 June , 2007 Share Posted 6 June , 2007 Tom Lockwood's grave in Chadderton Cemetery is just to the left as the flat grave marker - phots are courtesy & copyright of John Hartley who I thank publicly for taking the time & effort to take these photos for me - John also passed on the good news that the cemetery authorities have been informed that the CWGC will be installing a headstone for Tom - good news indeed Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 6 June , 2007 Share Posted 6 June , 2007 Well done Chris. I hope my application gets the same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 13 June , 2007 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2007 CWGC informed me today that a Commission headstone will be erected on Pte Lockwood's grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 13 June , 2007 Share Posted 13 June , 2007 What a great effort and good news that a headstone will be errected after all this time. Lets hope a forum member will be there when this is done. to record it for us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 13 June , 2007 Share Posted 13 June , 2007 Well Im really pleased about this - do we know anything about the timeframe as Im more than prepared to travel to see the fruits of my labour & pay my respects to Tom Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 13 June , 2007 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2007 It will probably take about a year but CWGC will inform me when it is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 13 June , 2007 Share Posted 13 June , 2007 thanks Terry Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC78 Posted 31 July , 2020 Share Posted 31 July , 2020 Headstone for Pte Tom Lockwood at Oldham (Chadderton) Cemetery: CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75200189/TOM LOCKWOOD/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 2 August , 2020 Share Posted 2 August , 2020 thanks really good to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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