Name
Arthur Frederick Buckett
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Arthur appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on November 10th 1897 to Charles and Laura Emily Buckett of 109 Moray Road, Finsbury Park. In the 1901 census, Arthur is listed in the household of his grandfather, William Titmuss. So he was living there and attending Pirton School. There was a similar arrangement recorded in the 1911 census, but he had now been joined by his brother Leonard Charles. His mother Emily, more probably Laura Emily, was the daughter of William and was born in Pirton. Their mother died on May 13th 1910, when Arthur would have been just twelve years old.
Arthur would have been seventeen at the outbreak of war, and it seems likely that his brother Leonard also served and survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
