Buckton John Pte 4451679
Personnel Entry
Name Buckton John
Army number 4451679
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF? Posted 70th Brigade HQ. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 8/6/42, Posted 30th Bn, See RNF Book 358 31/68. Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 4/3/1943, Pt II Order 60/43, No trace in ACC Books - Book may be missing.
Company/Battery Brigade Headquarters.
Platoon or other sub-unit Brigade Mess.
Task or role Sergeants' Mess Cook.
Joined Brigade Probably September 1939 but actual date not known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI