1894 Dec 29. Born Leek, Staffs
1901 census at Leek, Staffs with uncle & aunt
1911 census at Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire,
Enlisted in Royal Fusiliers
1915 Nov 14 posted to France
1916 Aug 1. Posted back UK
1916 Aug 8 Commissioned in N. Staff. Reg. . Pte. J. A. Bockett, from R. Fus.
J. A. Bockett , after serving eighteen months in the ranks, obtained a commission i n the N o r t h Staffords. H e joined them at Kemmel , and was then a fortnight at " Plug Street," where it was very quiet. " After that we moved right down to the Aisne, where we had a pretty rough time . (from Old Denston School Mag)
Another edition of the Old Denstonian reports he was in hospital with Trench Fever
1918 Feb Promoted Lt
1922 Mar 30. enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Lieutenant .
Gannon writes that Captain Blackett, Major John Kershaw, Major Hallowell Carew, and Lt. John Bockett, were recruited from RIC intelligence,
1926 Oct/Dec married Katherine Winnifrede Elliot (Born 1898)
1926 Nov 25 Leaves UK for Kenya, He is a Coffee Planter. Wife Katherine
1940 May 25. gazetted 2nd Lt— John Allen BOCKETT (205717).
1945 Dec 16. A C F Section . War Subs Capt J A BOCKETT (205717) relinquishes his commn , and is granted the hon rank of Maj
1947 Nov 12 England. Leaves UK with his wife for Kenya. He is a Planter
1973 Mar 8 Died Nairobi, He left around £9000 in UK
