Michael Lockett
Michael Lockett (born June 11, 1980 in Monifieth , Scotland , † September 21, 2009 in the province of Helmand , Afghanistan ) was a British soldier with the rank of sergeant . In 2008 he was awarded the Military Cross .
Lockett enlisted in 1996 for the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, where he was trained as a machine gunner. He served in Bosnia , Northern Ireland, and Afghanistan . On September 8, 2007, at that time with the rank of corporal , he got into a violent firefight with Taliban fighters in the Garmsir district with his platoon of the A Company, 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment . Two British soldiers were killed and seven injured, some seriously. For the bravery with which he tried to rescue a fallen comrade, he was awarded the Military Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on June 25, 2008 . During his third deployment in Afghanistan, he was killed on September 21, 2009, a few days before he was relieved from the combat zone, when an explosive device detonated in the Gerishk district. He was the 217th British soldier killed in Afghanistan since 2001 and the first to wear the Military Cross since World War II to be killed in a later deployment.
Lockett was buried on October 14, 2009 in the cemetery of Cathcart Old Parish Church in Glasgow . He leaves three children.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Veterans UK: Roll of Honor , accessed June 24, 2019
Web links
- Ministry of Defense press release , September 22, 2009
- Obituary in The Guardian , September 22, 2009
- Obituary in The Daily Telegraph , Sept. 23, 2009
- Obituary in The Times , Sept. 23, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lockett, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soldier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monifieth |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2009 |
| Place of death | Helmand Province, Afghanistan |