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Personal data

• Name BUCKLEY
• Initials BG
• First name BENJAMIN GREAVES
• Place of birth Radcliffe
• Country Lancashire, England
• Last residence Bury, Lancashire
• Family Husband of Lily Buckley, of 4, Grundy St., Brook St., Bury, Lancs. Son of Jonathan Buckley and Alice Hulley, Radcliffe, Lancashire.
• Profession Fireman at Bury, Lancashire - Stone cutter
• Extra info Commemorated on war memorial Ratcliffe

Military service

• Service number 200846
• Rank Corporal
• Regiment and unit 2nd/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
• Division - Brigade 164th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 55th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Entered at Boulogne, France on 3 May 1915

Death

• Wounded Wieltje (Ieper)
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds, fractured right femur and buttock, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 9 July 1917
• Died at the age of 36
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XIV - B - 12A

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