1885 - 1916
CPL David Wallace Crawford
1887 - 1916
Lce-Corpl John Joseph Nickle
1894 - 1916
Pte 17911 Morton Neill
1897 - 1916
Lieut Edward Stanley Ashcroft
1883 - 1918
Pte 353571 Henry Timothy Buckley
- Age: 31
- From: Cork, Ireland
- Regiment: ROYAL ENGINEERS
- Died on Monday 28th January 1918
- Commemorated at: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Panel Ref: F.427
The 1901 Census finds Timithy (sic) Buckley aged 14 born in Cork at De La Salle College and Boarding School, Elderfield, Castletown, Queens County (now Laois). He speaks both Irish and English.
He entered St Mary's Roman Catholic College on 05th October 1908.
By 1911 Timothy Buckley aged 24 and born in Cork is a theology student at St Mary's Roman Catholic College, (aka Oscott College), Erdington, Warwickshire .
A member of the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in Scala, Italy in 1732 and devoted to preaching.
He enlisted in Liverpool on 09th November 1914 joining the 20th Battalion of The King's Liverpool Regiment as Private 22942 giving his date of birth as 19th May 1886.
Formed in November 1914 the 20th Battalion were originally billeted at Tournament Hall, Knotty Ash before on 29th January 1915 they moved to the hutted accommodation purposely built at Lord Derby’s estate at Knowsley Hall. On 30th April 1915 the 20th Battalion alongside the other three Pals battalions left Liverpool via Prescot Station for further training at Belton Park, Grantham. They remained here until September 1915 when they reached Larkhill Camp on Salisbury Plain. He arrived in France on 7th November 1915.
His service papers show that just prior to departure to Grantham, Henry was docked pay for a 3 day absence from 04th - 06th April 1915. This may be after he married Eliza May Ogden (born in 1892) in 1915 in Birkenhead. They had a son Henry Timothy, born on 15th January 1916, and a daughter Phyllis, born on 09th October 1917.
He was also docked pay for a further absence, whilst at Larkhill Camp from 02nd - 04th October 1915.
Upon arrival in France he was almost immediately appointed paid Lance Corporal on 08th Novemebr 1915.
He was wounded during the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, quite possibly on 01st July 1916 as he was admitted on 04th July 1916 to No.2 General Hospital, Le Havre, records show 1 year served, with 9 months in field. age 30, GSW to right thigh. After 2 days in hospital, he was transferred to the hospital ship Egypt and returned to the UK on 06th July 1916.
Whilst at home he was transferred to the 3rd Battalion K.L.R. on 06th September 1916 before he was transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 28th September 1916. He arrived in France with his new battalion on 05th October 1916. He embarked to Alexandria on 24th January 1917 and transferred to the Royal Engineers on 05th November 1917 as Pioneer 353571.
In the early part of the First World War, Kantara was an important point in the defence of Suez against Turkish attacks and marked the starting point of the new railway east towards Sinai and Palestine, begun in January 1916. Kantara developed into a major base and hospital centre and the cemetery was begun in February 1916 for burials from the various hospitals, continuing in use until late 1920. After the Armistice, the cemetery was more than doubled in size when graves were brought in from other cemeteries and desert battlefields, notably those at Rumani, Qatia, El Arish and Rafa.
The Second World War again saw Kantara as a hospital centre. No 1 General Hospital was there from July 1941 to December 1945 and two others, Nos 41 and 92, were there in turn for varying periods. One of the major allied medical units in the area, No 8 Polish General Hospital, adjoined the war cemetery.
KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY now contains 1,562 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 110 from the Second World War. There are also 341 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery, many of them made from the Polish hospital and concentrated in a distinct Polish extension.
Near the entrance to the cemetery is the KANTARA MEMORIAL, bearing the names of 16 New Zealand servicemen of the First World War who died in actions at Rumani and Rafa, and who have no known grave.
In 1961, nearby Kantara Indian Cemetery became inaccessible and it was decided that the 283 First World War servicemen buried there should instead be commemorated at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. Panels bearing the names of the dead were affixed to the wall of the cemetery behind the Stone of Remembrance, forming the KANTARA INDIAN CEMETERY MEMORIAL.
His personal possessions were sent to his widow, Eliza, in July 1918 and are listed as: Disc, Wallet, Letter, Card, Photo's, Book, Scapular, Medallion.We currently have no further information on Henry Timothy Buckley, If you have or know someone who may be able to add to the history of this soldier, please contact us.
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