Name |
Benjamin Joseph BUCKINGHAM |
Rank/Number |
1st Mate |
Regiment/Unit |
Mercantile Marine ss Bishopston / |
Enlisted |
|
Age/Date of death |
41 / 04 Sep 1917 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action / at sea |
Residence at death |
|
Cemetery |
Tower Hill Memorial, London |
Grave Reference |
|
Location of memorial |
Wendover Manor Waste |
Date/Place of birth |
c1875 / Great Kimble |
Date/Place of baptism |
06 Jun 1875 Great Kimble |
Occupation of Casualty |
|
Parents/Occupation |
Benjamin Joseph & late Sarah Buckingham / cowman on farm |
Parents' Address |
1881: Hatch Mead Cottage, Great Kimble |
Wife |
Kate Buckingham nee Wyatt |
Wife's Address |
Elthorne, Nightingale Rd, Wendover |
Notes |
ship was torpedoed by German submarine UC16 while journeying from Le Havre to Portsmouth |