We remember Sam Buckley

We remember Sam Buckley

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Timeline

Timeline

1885
birth Hoyle Mill, Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:8512022 Source:8512067 11th May 1885
1901
employment Pit Pony Driver Below Ground United Kingdom Source:8512067 1901
1901
location Croft Houses, Hoyle Mill, Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8512067 1901
1911
location 20 Croft Houses, Hoyle Mill, Nr Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8512077 1911
1915
enlistment Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:8512022 3rd February 1915
1915
service British Army Private 14/440 York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley) Source:8512022 3rd February 1915 - 27th May 1915
1915
location 30 Ash Row, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8512022 3rd February 1915
1915
employment Blacksmith's Striker Source:8512022 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal 12/440 York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley) Source:8512022 27th May 1915 - 20th November 1915
1915
dates Age 31 Source:8512020 20th November 1915
1915
death Died of wounds Accidentally inflicted during training with 'bombs'. B.O. No.427 23/11/1915 The inquest found that he had been accidentlly killed through being struck by a dummy bomb. He died of a fractured skull. Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain, Wilts United Kingdom Source:8512020 Source:8512022 20th November 1915
burial Ardsley Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom O. U. 40. Source:8512020

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Sam
Initials S
Last Name Buckley
Source 8512013
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
20 Croft Houses, Hoyle Mill, Nr Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address known 1911
30 Ash Row, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address known 3rd February 1915
Croft Houses, Hoyle Mill, Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address known 1901
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 14/440 York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley) Private
British Army 12/440 York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley) Lance Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Buckley mother
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1915-02 5'7"

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Linda571
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Linda571
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Linda571
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Linda571
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Linda571
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Linda571

External Evidence

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Barnsley Chronicle Linda571

Multimedia

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Sam Buckley's CWGC headstone at Ardsley Linda571

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