Thomas Henry Lockyer

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

11381

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

St. Luke Anglican Church, Wellington Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

283 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

283 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Case maker

Employer:

Barber-Ellis Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX February 1, 1939

Thomas Henry Lockyer

The death occurred suddenly on Tuesday at his residence of Thomas Henry Lockyer, 297 Brock Street in his sixty-fourth year. Deceased was born in England and came to Brantford thirty-four years ago. He was a member of St. Luke’s Anglican Church. During the war he served with the 4th Battalion, C.E.F. He was a member of the Fourth Battalion Association, the Springboks and the Canadian Legion and a former employee of Barber-Ellis. He leaves to mourn his loss five daughters, Mrs. H. Brown, Simcoe, Mrs. J. Harris, Mrs. G. Chinnery, Mrs. Thomas Rose, Miss Elsie Lockyer and three sons, Charles, Robert and John, all of Brantford. The late Mr. Lockyer is resting in Reid and Brown’s Slumber Room. The funeral will be conducted on Friday afternoon from the Chapel with the interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX February 4, 1939

Thomas Henry Lockyer

The funeral of Thomas Lockyer was conducted Friday afternoon from the Reid and Brown Funeral Chapel, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. There were many beautiful floral tributes, and the funeral was attended by a large gathering of comrades of the deceased, including many representatives of the Fourth Battalion Association, the Canadian Legion and the Springboks. Rev. T. Madden of St. Luke’s Anglican Church conducted the services. The pallbearers were six fellow-veterans, Stephen Cara, Harry Carey, Peter Whelan, Bill Jarvis, Jack Brooks and Bill Keighley. At the graveside Bugler Hocken sounded “Last Post."