Private Richard Buckingham

Army Number : 59942

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. Son of John and Sarah Buckingham, of “Glenthorne,” Bowden Lane, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. He was employed in the blowing room at a wadding factory prior to enlisting at Buxton, Derbyshire. He was killed in action, 11th July 1917, aged 26, whilst serving in the line near Ephey, France. 

Buried: Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France. Row C. Grave 20.

Private Richard Buckingham is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Chapel-En-Le-Frith War Memorial, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire.