Was the son of Ellen & Thomas Locket of Melling Mount Melling He died during the battle of Paschendael 20th Sep 1917 aged 21 years and his remains were never found. On the 9th April 1917 when on home leave, he and two others were summoned for playing pitch and toss outside the Pear Tree public house for which they were fined 21 shillings each.His name is honoured in St Thomas’s church Melling and the TYNE COT MEMORIAL