Sapper Thomas Matthew Buck
Item
Title
Sapper Thomas Matthew Buck
Who?
Sapper Thomas Matthew Buck
Item(s)
Letter from chaplain to grandmother offering condolences and advice re finding the grave, Order of service for unveiling of memorial in 1922 at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, photos of the casualty before the war, in uniform, his grave marker and his son.
Story
Thomas Matthew Buck was a Sapper in 416 Field Company Royal Engineers. He served in France and Belgium 1917 -18. He was killed on 4.9.1918 with 3 fellow sappers by an artillery shell near Croisilles, South of Arras. The letter from Chaplain H Shepperd offers condolences and advice about how to find information about the grave. There is an order of service for the unveiling of the war memorial to 416 Company at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh and this is where Thomas Buck is remembered. He is commemorated by CWGC at Quaent Road Cemetery, Buissy, France.
When?
04/09/1918
Where?
Croisilles, France
Contributor
Nick Burk
Collection Day
City Hall, Bradford, (02/02/2019)
This item was submitted on February 28, 2019