BUCKLEY, GEORGE, Private, No. 1009012, Scout Section, 5th Battn. Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Walter Buckley, of 23, Brunswick Street, Shaw, Cotton Operative, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Orlando Eastwood; b. Shaw, co. Lancaster, 5 Nov. 1892; educ. East Compton Church of England School; was a Grocer’s Assistant; went to Canada in May, 1912, and settled at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; joined the Canadian Infantry 31 Dec. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1918, being attached to the 19th Canadian Reserves; took part in the operations around Cambrai and Le Catalet; was transferred to the Scout Section of the 5th Battn. in Sept. following, and was killed in action in the vicinity of Haynecourt on the 27th of that month. Buried in cemetery there. A comrade wrote: “He had done some good work, and was such a bright young fellow.” He m. at Zion Methodist Church, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 20 Feb. 1917, Alice, dau. of) Tucker, of Moreton Pinkney, co. Northampton.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5