Name
Leonard Charles 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
Leonard 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 October 3rd 1899 to Charles and Laura Emily Buckett, then of 57 Clinton Road, West Green, South Tottenham. In the 1911 census, Leonard had joined his brother Arthur Frederick and was listed in the household of his grandfather, William Titmuss. So he was living there and attending Pirton School. 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 he would have been just nine years old.
Leonard was very young at the start of the war, so it is likely that he only served in the later stages. His brother Arthur 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
