George Lockwood of Pensacola was born February 8, 1924 and joined the U.S. Navy at age 17. He was killed in action on August 9, 1942 in the South Pacific and was Pensacola's first WWII fatality. A polished marble bench at Veterans Memorial Park honors him. (from research of Dolly Pollard Clark and from the Heritage Book of Escambia County, Volume II, p. 226. Dean On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:16 AM, reblack1@juno.com <reblack1@juno.com>wrote: > I thought it was George Lockwood who had a memorial erected to him at the > old train station. Quentin knew him and his brothers as boys. I think > George was on the YMCA boxing team. > Rebecca Black > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > To: <flescamb@rootsweb.com>, <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Cc: Jacquelyn Wilson <jwilson2@uwf.edu> > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Fw: WW II > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:08:22 -0500 > > This is for anyone with the knowledg::: > > Coming from Jackie Wilson at PHS:: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jacquelyn Wilson > To: Evan Strohl > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: WW II > > > Please put this on whatever sites you like. > > Thanks, > > Jacki > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Evan Strohl <estrohl@cox.net> wrote: > > > Can I put this on the two WFGS Boards?? That'll reach a lot of folks > > Let me know---it's now Sat AM > Evan > > I do NOT know! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jacquelyn Wilson > To: Evan Strohl > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:47 PM > Subject: WW II > > > Evan: > > Do you know who was Pensacola's first WW II casualty? I am editing an > article for our next magazine and the author states that it was one of the > men who boxed at the Pensacola Beach Casino, either Butler or one of the > Lockwood brothers. Well, I can't run that sentence and I've been going > through my resources trying to find the info, but have failed. I'm hoping > that this may be something that ya'll have come across. > > Jacki > > -- > Jacquelyn T. Wilson, archivist > Pensacola Historical Society, > a division of West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. > 110 East Church Street > Pensacola FL 32502 > 850.595.5840 > jwilson2@uwf.edu > www.historicpensacola.org > > > > > -- > Jacquelyn T. Wilson, archivist > Pensacola Historical Society, > a division of West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. > 110 East Church Street > Pensacola FL 32502 > 850.595.5840 > jwilson2@uwf.edu > www.historicpensacola.org > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Netflix ® Official Site > Instantly Watch Unlimited TV Shows & Movies. Only $7.99/mo. Free Trial > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4da853467aaef2e88dest06vuc > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213