A graduate of Chilliwack High School, John Lockwood enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in August 1940 and consistently scored high marks in all his service examinations. He became a pilot and flew with 106 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. On October 20, 1940 during a night raid against Bremen, Lockwood and his crew flying in a Hampden bomber were lost. Initially Lockwood and his crew were reported missing. For some time this provided hope for his family that he was a prisoner of war. Subsequent reports indicate that the aircraft crashed in Germany. Other crew members killed on the raid were Sergeant G.F. Williams, R.N.Z.A.F., and Sergeants W. Alton and T.G. Jones of the R.A.F. (Ferguson, 2009).
In 1947, geographical features were named by an agency of the federal government, the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical names after receiving a list of names of Canadian servicemen from Chilliwack who were killed during the Second World War From Canada’s Department of National Defence. The names were divided by province and were to be assigned to geographical features close to the place of enlistment (Grainger, 1998, p.82).
Mount Lockwood is located in the Skagit area on the north side of Maselpanik Creek.
- Grainger, N. (1998). The Mountain Project.Chilliwack, B.C.: Neil Grainger
- Ferguson, P. (2009). Chilliwack War Memorial. Online exhibit retrieved from http://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/war-memorial/WW2_L_names.html
Photograph caption: Sergeant John Lawson Lockwood. [Chilliwack Museum and Archives]