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