BUCKLOW F.
Fred Bucklow
Private 31276
2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Fred Bucklow died on Friday 29th September 1916, Age 21, and was commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1895/6 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, to parents John George Bucklow and Annie Mary (formerly Buxton). John George Bucklow was a Coal Miner, and a native of Teversal, Notts. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living at 34 Willowbridge, Sutton, but by time of Fred's death they were living at 48 York Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 27th September 1918
Bucklow - In loving memory of Private Fred Bucklow, who was killed in Action Somewhere in France on September 29th 1916, of the 17th Sherwood Foresters, aged 21 years. His loving ways and sunny smiles are pleasant to recall, He had a kindly word for each, And died beloved by all. - From Mother Father, Brothers and Sister.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Bucklow, Private Fred, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
FRED BUCKLOW. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts,
enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 17th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regt.). Private 32176, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 29th
September 1916
Research by Heather Faulkes
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