He was the son of John and Margaret Flockhart, of 29, Prudhoe Street, Newcastle.
His story is told in: Armstrong, C., Newcastle in the Great War, Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2015. ISBN 978 1 47382 209 2, pages 167-168.
He is remembered at Newcastle upon Tyne on NUT253 and on our List of Ships’ crews