Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Harold William LOCKYER
Guardsman 18966 Harold William LOCKYER
3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Killed in Action, Thursday 27th April 1916, Belgium, age 21
| Home address: | 76 Lumn Street*, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Barnstaple, Devon |
| Parents: | Maud Lockyer and William Lockyer 332 Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Weaver |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, row C, grave 2. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
From the Manchester Evening News, 5th May 1916, page 4, column 6:
He was killed when a shell hit him and his comrades, while they were heading to the trenches on a fatigue party.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
Baptist Church and Sunday School, Chapel Street, Hyde.
In ever-loving memory of Edwin Eyre, M.M., Harold W. Lockyear, Harold Slater,
John S. Pursglove, Jesse D. Schoolden, Andrew Leech, Fred Moores, and William Booth.
In ever-loving memory of Edwin Eyre, M.M., Harold W. Lockyear, Harold Slater,
John S. Pursglove, Jesse D. Schoolden, Andrew Leech, Fred Moores, and William Booth.
* Lumn Street is now part of Lumn Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.