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Information from Clive Wood, 2008
Trooper John A P Loake

14332727 12th Royal Lancers R.A.C.

Son of Mr & Mrs Arthur Loake

Aged 20 years

Died 28th April 1944

Commemorated at Naples War Cemetery, Italy
Grave II. F.4.		 His gravestone in the foreground
Rushden Echo & Argus, 12th May 1944 transcribed by Clive Wood

Fatal Shrapnel Wounds
Mr & Mrs Arthur Loake of 23 Church Street, Rushden, received a letter from the War Office on Saturday which gave the sad news of the death of their youngest son, Trooper John Loake, Royal Lancers. The letter stated that John received shrapnel wounds while serving in the Central Mediterranean in April and died the following day. Just 20 years of age, Trooper Loake had been in the Army for 18 months worked in the Rushden Co-operative Drapery store. He was educated at the Wellingborough Grammar School and attended the Congregational Sunday School. One brother is with the RAF in India and another in the RAC.
Trooper J A P Loake

Extract from the Roll of Honour in "Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School" by D & G Tall
John Loake (WGS 1935-38), of Rushden, joined the Royal Lancers in November 1942 and served as a driver in the armoured section until he was killed in the Italian campaign on 28th May 1944 aged 20. He was buried in the Naples military cemetery.

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