LOCKETT Michael Christopher MC A/Sgt 25061301
Of Monifieth in Angus, on 21 September 2009 aged 29. Born on 11 June 1980, Michael Lockett joined 1st Bn The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in Tidworth in 1996. Since then, he took part in every operational deployment and exercise the battalion undertook, serving in Bosnia and Northern Ireland and, in 2009, returning to Afghanistan for his third tour. In 2007, at Garmsir as Platoon Sergeant in A Company, he displayed selfless commitment and unshakeable bravery fighting and leading his Platoon to rescue wounded comrades trapped in a Taliban ambush. For his actions that night he was awarded the Military Cross. He spent much of his career as a machine gunner but he held many other qualifications including Jungle Warfare Instructor and Military Tracking Instructor. His deployment to Afghanistan in 2009 was as part of the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) Battle Group. He was working and operating alongside the Warriors of the Afghan National Army at Patrol Base Sandford in the Upper
Gereshk Valley and his professionalism set the finest example to the Afghan Warriors: he was an inspirational leader. Acting Sergeant Lockett was leading a dismounted patrol near Patrol Base Sandford in the Gereshk district of Helmand province when he was caught in an explosion; he died before he could be extracted to hospital. He was investigating and confirming the find of an improvised explosive device when it exploded. Two other soldiers were injured in the same incident.
Locky will always be remembered for his infectious laugh and prominence as a man. His leadership style was the exact mix of compassion and steel which garnered the respect of both those whom he led and those with whom he served. He was nearing the end of his tour when he died; he volunteered to stay on at his patrol base to ensure that the incoming soldiers knew as much as they could about the local area and they could reap the benefits of his vast local knowledge.
He leaves behind his children from a former marriage - Connor (8), Chloe (7) and Courtney (5).
John Stuart came from a long line of distinguished regimental officers: his grandfather was Lt Col Sir Edward H StL Clarke Bt CMG DSO who served in the 36th and 29th from approx 1878 to 1894: he retired as a Maj but was recalled for the South African war and commanded a Company in 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment; he was recalled again in 1914 to command the 12th Battalion in England and later 21 West Yorkshire Pioneers in the BEF: he was awarded the DSO in 1916 and he became CMG in 1919.
STUART John William Brownlow MBE MC Col 71146
Of Radford, near Inkberrow, Worcestershire on 17 February 2009 aged 91.
John Stuart’s father was Brig Gen B F B Stuart CB CMG who was commissioned into The Worcestershire Regiment in 1881, was Adjt of the 1st Battalion in S Africa and commanded the 3rd Battalion from February 1912 until June 1915; he was appointed CB in 1916 and CMG upon retirement in 1919. John Stuart’s brother, Capt B E StL Stuart, served in the 2nd Battalion from 1939 to 1946. John Stuart himself was born on 30 May 1917, he attended Rugby School from 1930 to 1935, RMC Sandhurst from 1935 to 1936 and he was commissioned into The Worcestershire Regiment in January 1937; he was posted to the 1st Battalion with which he served in Aldershot, Palestine (where he won the MC for extricating the Drums Platoon from an ambush and where he was awarded a GOC’s Commendation), Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt: he was Adjt from December 1940 until August 1941. He joined the Staff of HQ 29 Indian Inf Bde as Staff Capt and then DAA & QMG in the Western Desert and Egypt from September 1941 until August 1942 when he became DAQMG in GHQ MEF, Cairo. He attended the Middle East Staff College in Haifa from August 1943 until January 1944 taking over as BM 15 Inf Bde in Italy
from February to June 1944 (including the Anzio Landing for which he was Mentioned in Despatches again) and in Palestine from June to September 1944. He then became DAA & QMG with the Brigade in Ashford from December 1944 until March 1945. He returned to Italy as GSO2 56 (London) Div from March 1945 to May 1946 for which he was appointed MBE. He commanded a Company of 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment in BAOR and Trieste from August 1946 until February 1947; he instructed at RMA Sandhurst from March 1947 and took up the appointment of GSO2 Ops in GHQ MELF, Fayed, in August 1950; he became a member of the Army Team of Lecturers in UK in March 1952 and, in January 1953, he became 2ic and Training Major of 7th Bn The Worcestershire Regiment (TA). In August 1955 he joined JSSC Latimer as a student and, at the end of the course in April 1956, he was posted to GHQ East Africa as GSO1 Int in the rank of T/Lt Col until July 1957. He commanded a Company in 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment in British Guiana from January to November 1958 when he became 2ic in Jamaica. He commanded the Battalion from May 1959 until July 1961 in Jamaica and Worcester. Promoted Temp Col, he became Secretary to JPS at MOD in 1961 and GSO1 Training HQ Allied Land Forces SE Europe, Izmir, in 1962. In September 1964, he moved to SHAPE as GSO1 SD and became DAMS MS at MOD in June 1967. He re-badged WFR on Amalgamation and retired on 30 October 1972 in the honorary rank of Colonel. He was Garrison Adjutant, Worcester, from May 1973 to February 1975 and came out of retirement to stand in as Assistant Regimental Secretary from January 1976 to January 1977 on the death of Col Peter Vaughan.
114 October 2009
The Mercian Eagle
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