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John Willie Buckley

Rank:PrivateNumber:24223
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:10th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Cheshire Rgt
Died:03/05/1916Age:32
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:FranceGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Ecoivres Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born at Sale in 1884  (No trace BMDs), the son of William & Mary Buckley.

1891 Census - 16 Chapel Road, Sale.   Son - aged: 6 - Scholar - born: Sale.
   Head of household - William Buckley - Married - aged: 36 - occ: General
Labourer - born: Sale.   Also - Mary Buckley - Wife - aged: 35 - born:
Sale.   Plus 3 siblings, including "Freddie" who was kille during the
Anglo-Boer War.

1901 Census - 6 Winson Street, Sale.   Son - aged: 16 - Bricklayer's
apprentice - born: Sale.    Head of household - William Buckley - Married -
aged: 48 - occ: Bricklayer's Labourer - born: Sale.   Also - Mary Buckley -
Wife - aged: 45 - born: Liverpool.   Plus 4 younger siblings.

Married Ann Emily Donaghue during Dec Qtr 1908 - Bucklow R.D. - ref:
8a/334.

1911 Census - 10 Holly Grove, Sale.   Head of household - Married - aged:
27 - occ: Bricklayer - born: Sale.   Also - Emily Buckley - Wife - aged: 28
- born: Sale.    Plus their Son - Frederick (b1909) and their daughter -
Mary (b.1910) and 1 boarder.

Employed as a Bricksetter by Mr. Alec Gayter of Ashton on Mersey.

MIC - France 20/12/1916.   Awarded the 1915 Star, the BWM & VM.

Killed instantly, by a bullet from a sniper.

Death reported in the 19/05/1916 edition of the Altrincham Guardian.

He left a widow and three young children.

His brother - Frederick Buckley was killed by lightning at Bloemfontein,
Orange Free State, South Africa in January 1901.

Listed in the Guardian Year Book - Roll of Honour for 1917.
Memorials found on:
St. Martin's (Ashton on Mersey)St. Mary's (Ashton on Mersey)
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