1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel

Felizardae (Harrietsham Manor, Kent), dau. of the late Col. Walter Reginald Rudge, of Stede Court, Harrietsham, R.A.; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Aubrey W. Buckingham.=] =BUCKINGHAM, JAMES=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 10250), 181522, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 280012, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUCKLE, HENRY WHITE=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2775), 210616, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUCKLEY, MOSES MILLER SHAW=, Boy 1st Class, J. 24636 (Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BUCKLEY, CLARENCE JAMES=, Private, No. 69090, A Coy., 26th Battn., 5th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Buckley, of 31, Suffolk Street, St. John West, New Brunswick; _b._ (--); educ. St. Patrick’s School, St. John West; was employed in the Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive Works; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in Oct. 1914, and died shortly after sunset on Wednesday, 13 Oct. 1915, from wounds received in action in France at 4 p.m.; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the 26th Battn. His Lieut. wrote: “He was killed in action Wednesday last doing his duty. When wounded, even though he knew he had not a chance of recovering, he bore himself as a man.” And a comrade: “My work is First Aid in the field, and as I am a stretcher-bearer in C Coy., and was detailed for the support of A Coy. on the memorable 13 Oct., I was an intimate friend of your son, and carried him in from the field when he was wounded, and gave him the best care within my knowledge. He was very badly wounded, and after I had given him enough morphine to deaden his pain, I made him as easy as possible. I was terribly busy that day, but every time I came in I went over to where Clarence was lying to see if he was resting easy. You have every reason to be proud of your brave lad. Although he was mortally wounded he would say, ‘How goes it, Doc.’ (Doc. is my nickname here), and he always had a smile for me.” [Illustration: =Clarence James Buckley.=] =BUCKNILL, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Hampshire Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of John Townsend Bucknill, of Thomfield, near Bitterne, co. Hants., Lieut-Col. late R.E., by his wife, Catharine Raworth, only surviving child of William Rudkin Morris, of Luffenham, co. Rutland, and grandson of the late Sir John Charles Bucknill, M.D., F.R.S.; _b._ Ditton Hill, Surrey, 19 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A.), and became an architect, studying in London and Italy. He practised at Southampton. At the outbreak of the war he applied for a commission, and finally obtained one, 12 Sept. 1914, in the 4th Battn. (T.F.) of the Hants Regt., and with it left for India, Oct. 1914: going to Mesopotamia in March, 1915. During the summer the battn. was quartered at Basrah, and the damp heat, often 110° F. in the shade, killed seven men by sunstroke, the older men and officers, including the subject of this memoir, his age being 36, only being able to stand it. Later the battn. took part in the advance up the Tigris and Euphrates, and in the affair at Gurma Safha and the engagement at Nasiriyeh, where only five officers of the battn. got through unwounded; Bucknill was one of them. Soon afterwards they were brought back to Kurna and sent up the Tigris, a party of the 4th Hants being employed on river work and assisting to clear the barrage, Bucknill as a yachtsman being usefully employed. At Amara they rested for some time to garrison this base, and for seven weeks he acted as paymaster, and subsequently as quartermaster. In the advance on Baghdad under Gen. Townshend one company took part, and the rest of the battn. went up with Gen. Aylmer’s relief force, and fought at the Battle of Filahey in support of the attack by the Black Watch and Seaforths. These battns. and the 4th Hants lost most of their officers and men killed and wounded, among whom Lieut. Bucknill was first reported as missing, 21 Jan. 1916, but on 12 April he was officially reported in England as “killed in action” 21 Jan. 1916. He was a most useful and keen officer, and much appreciated in his battn. He was mentioned in Sir John Nixon’s Despatches of 1 Jan. [London Gazette, 6 April, 1916] for services on Euphrates, 26 June-25 July, 1915, and on 17 April, 1916, it was announced that he had been granted the Military Cross by His Majesty the King. He _m._ at Bitterne, 22 Sept. 1908, Margaret Maria Mary, dau. of Clement Lister; _s.p._ [Illustration: =John Charles Bucknill.=] =BUCKNILL, LLEWELLYN MORRIS=, Major, Royal Field Artillery, yr _s._ of John Townsend Bucknill, of Thomfield, near Bitterne, co. Hants, Lieut.-Col. late R.E., by his wife, Catharine Raworth, only surviving child of William Rudkin Morris, of Luffenham, co. Rutland, and grandson of the late Sir John Charles Bucknill, M.D., F.R.S; _b._ Notting Hill, London, 20 June, 1881; educ. Wellington College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.F.A. 12 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, Capt. 13 Feb. 1910, and Major 30 Oct. 1914. He served in Northern Nigeria on special work, April, 1907–June, 1908, and with the 22nd Brigade in South Africa, Sept. 1912–Aug. 1914. The Brigade returned to Europe in August, and mobilised for war in the New Forest, forming part of the 7th Division which embarked for Belgium 5 Oct. 1914. He was promoted Major on the 30th, and soon after was appointed to command of the 105th Battery. On 16 May he was severely wounded in the spine. His signaller most gallantly carried him back under heavy fire, but early on the 18th he died in hospital at Bethune. He was buried in the town cemetery there. Major Bucknill was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches, first on 17 Feb. 1915, for his services during the early fighting at Ypres, and again on 1 Jan. 1916. Col. Alexander, V.C., Officer commanding 22nd brigade R.F.A., wrote: “Your husband was severely wounded whilst performing his duty in his usual fearless manner,” and Major H. W. Hill, R.F.A., wrote: “During the early part of the war I had the privilege of commanding the 105th Battery, and Major Bucknill was then my Capt. On all occasions he proved himself a most capable and conscientious soldier, full of dash and resource, and a very loyal comrade. His magnificent bravery at Ypres, and in the early days of November, near Gheluvelt, did not happen to be officially recognised, but was known and appreciated by his brother officers.... Major Bucknill will long be remembered by those who served with him.” Many other letters of a like nature from his brother officers and men were received by his widow and his father. Major Bucknill was a fine horseman, and when his Brigade went to Ireland in 1911 he became master of the regimental pack of harriers at Cahir. He was also a good shikar and captured some fine heads in N. Nigeria, although game was scarce. He was a scientific collector of coleoptera and lepidoptera, and able to interest professors at the British Museum. He _m._ at St. Michael’s Church, Hathersage, co. Derby, 24 Sept. 1913, Mary Ashton, dau. of the late Col. Ashton John Shuttleworth, of Hathersage Hall, co. Derby, R.A.; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Llewellvn M. Bucknill.=] =BUCKNOLE, WALTER SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4239A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUCKTROUT, HORACE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19976, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUDD, WRINCH JOSEPH CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of Ebenezer Budd, of 84, Melrose Avenue, Norbury, co. Surrey, by his wife, Mary Maria, dau. of William Bristow, of Chelsea; _b._ 23 Sept. 1877; educ. United Westminster Schools; and in Feb. 1904 was appointed Chief Clerk in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal Council Electricity Dept. He was with the Queen’s Westminsters from 1894 to 1900, and passed for sergt., and served with the City of London Imperial Volunteers (M.I.) in South Africa, 1900. From 1905–8 he was a member of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and served with the reserve company from 1908 to 1914. At the outbreak of war he volunteered and was granted a commission in Shanghai on 14 Dec. 1914. On his arrival in England he was promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1915, and was attached to the 9th Battn. South Wales Borderers stationed at Pembroke Dock and left home with a draft for the East, at the end of May. He landed at the Dardanelles, 10 June, 1915, and was killed on 28 June following; _unm._ He won several prizes for shooting, and formed one of the Shanghai team at Bisley in 1901, and was a Freemason. [Illustration: =Wrinch J. C. Budd.=] =BUHAGIAR, CARMELO=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, 360408, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BULL, ALFRED GEORGE=, A.B., 221911, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BULL, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Fitter, No. 42616, 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Edward Bull, Steward at the Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club, late Sergt.-Major, Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Annie Maria, dau. of Mathew Barnard; _b._ Farnham, co. Surrey, 27 Aug. 1890; educ. Army Schools; joined the Army, 5 March, 1906, and was trained as a fitter at the Ordnance College, Woolwich; he went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was at first reported missing, and later killed in action. From one of the only two survivors of the two gun sections of the 118th Battery, who was exchanged as disabled in Feb. 1915, it was learnt that Bull was knocked over and killed on 27 Aug. 1914, as he was taking out a round from the ammunition boxes to hand up to the gun at Etreux during the retreat from Mons; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Edward Bull.=] =BULL, BERNARD WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10511), 214140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BULL, GODFREY JOHN OSWALD=, Lieut., 2nd East Lancashire Field Co., R.E., 3rd _s._ of Col. William Henry Bull, F.R.C.S., K.H.S., V.D., J.P., Assistant Director of Medical Services, South Midland Division, by his wife Emma Elizabeth Cherry, dau. of the late Edward Hoare Garole, of Ballinacurra House, Midleton, co. Cork; _b._ St. Oswald’s House, Stony Stratford, co. Bucks, 3 Aug. 1890; educ. Wellington College and Magdalen College, Cambridge (B.A. 1st class honours). On leaving Cambridge he became a pupil at the Westinghouse Works, Manchester, and joined the East Lancashire R.E. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut. 10 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 7 Jan. 1914. He left for Egypt in Sept. 1914, and proceeded to the Dardanelles in the following May, was slightly wounded in the leg during the fighting that month, and was killed in action there 8 July following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He met his death early in the morning whilst surveying the work his men had been engaged upon during the night in order to send in his report which is called for each morning. Death was instantaneous, being shot through the brain by a sniper. Your son was a noble lad and a good soldier, and an untiring worker; if any man ever served his country well as a junior officer it was your son and our comrade.” His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, Capt. W. E. H. Bull with the Mounted Brigade, Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), and Capt. H. C. H. Bull with the 8th Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I. [Illustration: =Godfrey John O. Bull.=] =BULL, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2165), 215077, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BULL, PHILIP=, Stoker, 1st, Class, K. 1422, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BULL, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 548), 280624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BULLER, FREDERICK DERICK EDWIN=, Volunteer, East African Mounted Rifles, British East Africa, 3rd _s._ of Rev. George Buller, Rector of Oakford, Devon, by his wife, Margaret Mildred, dau. of Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Bt.; _b._ Burrough Green, Cambs., 14 July, 1891; educ. Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. On going down from Oxford in 1913 he bought a large farm in British East Africa, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately volunteered his services and joined the King’s Mounted Rifles. He was killed in the fighting on 25 Sept. 1914 in the Ingito Hills between the Magadi Railway and the frontier. It appears that a German force of about 35 Europeans and 150 natives, with two Maxim guns, attacked a body of the East African Mounted Rifles (C Squadron), only 30 in number, commanded by Capt. Chapman. After one hour’s severe fighting in thick bush country the enemy were repulsed, and retired hastily towards Longido. At Eton Buller rowed in his house fours, and at Oxford he stroked the winning trial eight in his first year. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick D. E. Buller.=] =BULLINARIA, HENRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3766), 188856, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BULLOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Gunner (R.F.R., Immed. Class 14), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BULMAN, THOMAS=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 4701, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BULPITT, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6089), S.S. 682 (Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUNCE, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1123), 158786, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BUNCE, CHARLES RALPH THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7195), S.S. 102156, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BUNCE, EDWARD=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1987), 163524, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUNCE, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 2418, 15th Battn. (P.W.O. Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Samuel Bunce, of 21, Dyson Road, Leytonstone, by his wife, Alice Amilia, dau. of Henry Allen; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 24 Aug. 1894; educ. Swaffield Road and Wadsworth Technical Institute; joined the Civil Service Rifles in Aug. after the outbreak of war and died of wounds received accidentally at a bomb instruction near Bethune, 24 July,