Nuneaton &
North Warwickshire
Family History Society
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, formerly Pte 40115 Gloucestershire Regiment
Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 22nd October 1918, age 17
Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave Ref: XIV.A.12
Awarded British War and Victory Medals
Son of James J & Dinah (nee Marston) Lakin
Links to Relevant Information
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Other Information
1899 born Bedworth to parents James & Dinah Lakin
1901 Census living in King Street, Bedworth with Sarah Deeming (grandmother?) (Dinah Lakin died in Sep Qtr 1900, James Lakin living with his parents in 1901 with the other 2 children Sarah and Charles)
1911 Census living at 92 York Buildings, Bulkington Road, Bedworth with father, siblings and grandparents