Private John Buckham
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-08-21
Place of birth: Ashkuk Hawick Scotland
Next of kin: Andrew Buckham (father,) Thornfield Lodge, Selkirk, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Grocery Clerk
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy-En-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, C. 15.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 129432
Highest Rank:
Private
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: VIMY RIDGE
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 561697
LAC ID:
73612
Service file: B1236-S033
Uploader's Notes: Son of Andrew and Margaret Buckham, of Thornfield Lodge, Selkirk, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:
72nd Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-10