John Llewellyn Rockett
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 496683
Parents: William John and Annie Llewellyn Rockett
Home address: 22 High Street, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: A tram conductor for the Bristol Tramways Company
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 25/03/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 24
Further information:
John's Regiment was the 401st Field Company, Royal Engineers.
John joined up in May of 1915 and served in France for over 2 years before his death. From October 1916 the Royal Engineers had been working underground, beneath the town of Arras, constructing tunnels so that the troops could arrive in secrecy in preparation for the Battle of Arras in April 1917. In September 1917 John was wounded in action and awarded a wound stripe. He was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive (21 Mar 1918 – 18 Jul 1918) and was one of 860,000 allied casualties during this operation.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Kingswood Heritage Museum