| Surname: | Buckley |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 2185707 |
| Notes: | CMP. 23/10/39 enlisted in the Royal Engineers, later Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, 1/2/41 transferred to CMP. TC. 11/4/46 to discharge. War Diary 16 Company Traffic Control, WO 171/3357. 4/8/1944, Somervieu, enemy aircraft dropped a bomb on unit location after being caught in a AA barrage. 4 other ranks killed, Brooks, Fincham, McGowan & Ward, 24 wounded mostly by blast. Casualty List 1526/38, wounded, North West Europe, 4/8/1944. 26/12/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 18 Ox Close, Stoke Heath, Coventry. James Buckley. |