. 7 Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Pte Buckman enlisted on 26 April 1916. He served with 28 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment as a physical drill and bayonet instructor before being posted to the Western Front on 16 December 1916. He was drafted to the Sussex Regiment where he served as a machine gunner and took part in the Battle of Arras. Aged 25, Pte Buckman was fatally wounded at Cambrai and died in hospital on 20 November 1917. Photograph presented by his wife, Mrs Buckman of Brighton. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at
. 7 Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Pte Buckman enlisted on 26 April 1916. He served with 28 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment as a physical drill and bayonet instructor before being posted to the Western Front on 16 December 1916. He was drafted to the Sussex Regiment where he served as a machine gunner and took part in the Battle of Arras. Aged 25, Pte Buckman was fatally wounded at Cambrai and died in hospital on 20 November 1917. Photograph presented by his wife, Mrs Buckman of Brighton. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at This image is from IWM Collections.
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