Name
Sidney George Lockyer, Newport
Biography
Private 22815 Sidney George Lockyer, 1/6th Bn Hampshire Regiment
CWGC record ...
Further information
Name appears on the following memorials :
Newport War Memorial
County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle
Sidney George Lockyer enlisted at Newport, Isle of Wight.
Serving with the 1/6th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he died, Mesopotamia, 26 May 1918, aged 34 years.
His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
He was the husband of Sarah Louise Lockyer, 71 South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Two of his medals were sold at auction on 5th April 2006, described as follows :
Pair: Private S. G. Lockyer, Hampshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (22815 Pte., Hamps. R.)
Information taken from the Dix Noonan Webb Auction House website
