Buckton R A Pte 4453059
Personnel Entry
Name Buckton R A
Army number 4453059.
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - no exact date as yet, but his number suggests 1938 or early 1939. Posted to the ? 6th Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion - possibly 1/9/1939. Served with the B.E.F> in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Returned to the UK. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded circa July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
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