Biography:
Jocelyn William Puttick
18/12/1902 –1944
Jocelyn William Puttick
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Unmarked grave Jocelyn William Puttick (1902-1944)
Jocelyn was born 18 December 1902 in Southsea, Portsmouth, the son of William Henry and Harriet Ann Puttick. His father was an iron monger’s assistant.
William died in 1904 and in 1909 Harriet married Edward Alfred Collins, a postal clerk. In 1911 they were living at 178, Highbury Hill, London. Between January 1914 and December 1916 Jocelyn attended The Northern Polytechnic Secondary School, leaving to become a GPO telegraph messenger.
By 4 September 1919 when he joined the Royal Tank Corps, aged 17½, he had become a telegraphist clerk.
He was discharged from the Army 17 March 1920, “Having suffered impairment since entering the service.” The nature of the impairment was not noted. His address on discharge was 47, Rednor Road, Harrow, his mother and step-father’s address, and a marginal note reads “17 Lancers” which appears to be the regiment he transferred to after joining up. He appears to have gone back to work for the post office.
Jocelyn married Joan M Harper in the Rochford district of Essex in 1928. They were to have five children: Sonia Mary (1929), Roger Humphrey (1933), Valerie Ann (1935), Judith Adelle (1937) and Barry Vincent (1939).
The 1939 Register records the family living at 6, Torrington Road, Berkhamsted. Jocelyn was a journalist with an unnamed daily newspaper and was a “Disabled ex-service. First reserve cavalry regiment. Special constable.”
He died in 1944 aged 41.
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Unmarked grave Jocelyn William Puttick (1902-1944)
Jocelyn was born 18 December 1902 in Southsea, Portsmouth, the son of William Henry and Harriet Ann Puttick. His father was an iron monger’s assistant.
William died in 1904 and in 1909 Harriet married Edward Alfred Collins, a postal clerk. In 1911 they were living at 178, Highbury Hill, London. Between January 1914 and December 1916 Jocelyn attended The Northern Polytechnic Secondary School, leaving to become a GPO telegraph messenger.
By 4 September 1919 when he joined the Royal Tank Corps, aged 17½, he had become a telegraphist clerk.
He was discharged from the Army 17 March 1920, “Having suffered impairment since entering the service.” The nature of the impairment was not noted. His address on discharge was 47, Rednor Road, Harrow, his mother and step-father’s address, and a marginal note reads “17 Lancers” which appears to be the regiment he transferred to after joining up. He appears to have gone back to work for the post office.
Jocelyn married Joan M Harper in the Rochford district of Essex in 1928. They were to have five children: Sonia Mary (1929), Roger Humphrey (1933), Valerie Ann (1935), Judith Adelle (1937) and Barry Vincent (1939).
The 1939 Register records the family living at 6, Torrington Road, Berkhamsted. Jocelyn was a journalist with an unnamed daily newspaper and was a “Disabled ex-service. First reserve cavalry regiment. Special constable.”
He died in 1944 aged 41.
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