Autographs of Kenneth Lockwood

Captain Kenneth Lockwood MBE (17 December 1911 – 8 October 2007) was a stockbroker and an officer in the British Army. He was one of the first six British prisoners of war to arrive at Oflag IV-C, Colditz, in 1940. He made and assisted in numerous escape attempts, working with the chairman of the escape committee, Pat Reid, and was still at the castle when it was liberated by the US Army in April 1945. He was the honorary secretary of the Colditz Association for 50 years.
Lockwood was born in London, the son of a jobber at the London Stock Exchange. He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, and then worked for his father's firm in the City of London. He joined the Territorial Army's 22nd (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (The Queen's Royal West Surreys) in 1933. He was mobilized in August 1939 and trained at Yeovil before being posted to Le Mans, commanding B company of the 1st/6th Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment. After marching with his unit to Belgium, he was captured in the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940.
He was sent to Oflag VII-C, at Laufen Castle. With six other prisoners, including Pat Reid, he dug a tunnel to escape, thought to be the first escape from a German prisoner of war camp in the Second World War. They escaped in two groups of three, with Reid leading the first group and Lockwood in the second group with Captain Harry Elliott of the Irish Guards and Captain Dick Howe of the Royal Tank Regiment. All six were recaptured and sent to Colditz Castle, where they became the first British prisoners to join three Canadians, who had arrived the previous day, and over 100 Poles, who had been there since September 1939. Lockwood made and assisted in numerous escape attempts, working with the chairman of the escape committee, Pat Reid. Reid was later replaced as escape officer by Dick Howe, and escaped; Lockwood was still at the castle when it was liberated by the US Army in April 1945. He was Mentioned in Despatches in 1946 in recognition of the vital role undertook whilst a POW in both Lauren and Colditz in assisting in many escape bids.
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Traded items with a signature of Kenneth Lockwood

The most expensive item with a signature of Kenneth Lockwood (Postcard Colditz Signed by Kenneth Lockwood POW Arrived Colditz 7 11 40.) was sold in February 2025 for £73.90 while the cheapest item (Return to Oflag 7 & Colditz Castle Signed Escapee Kenneth Lockwood COVER) found a new owner for £5.70 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £9.99 for an autographed item of Kenneth Lockwood. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with £44.43 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.70 was October 2022. In average, an autographed item from Kenneth Lockwood is worth £14.47.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Kenneth Lockwood were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1990 Colditz cover signed Jack Pringle & Kenneth Lockwood. 1 of 75 covers.	£9.50
	AC SERIES FLOWN & SIGNED COVER No. AC19 - CAPT KENNETH LOCKWOOD 42/50	£5.75
	AC19bL 40 Anniv VE - Day Signed by Capt Kenneth Lockwood POW held in Colditz	£21.95
	COLDITZ CASTLE COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN KENNETH LOCKWOOD REF703	£9.09
	Colditz Cover Signed Kenneth Lockwood, Only 1250 Issued Number 902, Christmas	£25.00
	COLDITZ OFLAG PRISONER OF WAR CAMP COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN KENNETH LOCKWOOD	£11.50
	Colditz Oflag Signed by Kenneth Lockwood Colditz inmate.Full Set of Stamps FDC	£12.95
	Colditz Signed by Kenneth Lockwood arrived in Colditz 7th November 1940	£11.95
	Kenneth Lockwood 1911 - 2007 WW2 Colditz Inmate, Original Signed Christmas Card	£14.00
	Postcard Colditz Signed by Kenneth Lockwood POW Arrived Colditz 7 11 40.	£73.90
	Postcard Colditz Signed by Kenneth Lockwood POW Arrived Colditz 7 11 40.	£14.95
	Return to Oflag 7 & Colditz Castle Signed Escapee Kenneth Lockwood COVER	£5.70
	Signed Card Of Colditz Castle By Kenneth Lockwood and Kenneth Lee.	£9.23
	WW2 Colditz Castle POW Kenneth Lockwood signed 2000, Colditz Oflag cover.	£21.54
	WWII COLDITZ COVER DOUBLE SIGNED BY MAJOR JACK PRINGLE & CAPT KENNETH LOCKWOOD.	£16.00