Lance Corporal 8240 Archibald Hugo BUCKLEY

Lance Corporal 8240 Archibald Hugo BUCKLEY - 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in Action on Sunday, September 3rd 1916 aged 20

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France & Flanders	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Thiepval Memorial

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
31 Jul 1915 in France	~	Hockley Heath Church
		Hockley Heath War Memorial
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted
Battle of Guillemont (Somme)	September 1914 in Birmingham

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	Other War Memorials
Bois de Falfemont	~	~

Hugo is listed as being killed in action on 3 Sep 1916. The 16th Battalion war diary entry for 3 Sep 1916 is transcribed, in full, below:

War Diary - 12.05 am to 1.30pm - Preparation

Casement Trench Sept 3:

12.5am: Bttn moved to Casement Trench arriving at 2.45am
10.40am: Message received – Battn to be prepared to move out at moments notice
11.12am: Order to move to Malzhorn Trench received
11.40am: Bttn moved to Malzhorn Trench in following order A.B.C.D arriving at 12.15 midday
1.30pm: Battn ordered to move to trench south of Angle Wood, arrived there at 4pm

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
12 Oct 1896 in Bentley Heath	22 Nov 1896 at Knowle

Parents Names	Abode
Walter Thomas and Emily Buckley	Box Trees, Hockley Heath

Schools	Colleges
	~

Address History	Employment History
1896 - Bentley Heath, Knowle	1911 - School age
1901 - Keepers Lodge, Monkspath, Hockley Heath	1914 - Not found
1911 - Box Trees, Hockley Heath
1917 - Monkspath Wood, Hockley Heath

Birth and baptism registered in name Archibald Hugo Buckley, known as Hugo
Father Walter was Game Keeper at Monkspath - owned by Capt J.O. Muntz who also fell