In Memory Of

BUCKLE, ALEXANDER ROSS

Service Details
Age:
 43
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 attd. YMCA Field Force Canteens
Regiment:
 Army Service Corps
Former Regiment:
 formerly Lieut. South African Service Corps (GSWA) and Sgt. HT/3507 Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport
Date of Death:
 1920-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of cancer of the tongue, at Kimberley
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
Cemetery:
 KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Northern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Husband of Mary Ann Buckle, of P.O. Box 48, Bloemhof, Transvaal. Served in GSWA in South African Army Service Corps. Joined CAHTC as Sergeant 16-May-1917, and posted to No. 7 Coy 18-May-1917. To Army Service Corps (BEF) 10-June-1918. Disembarked at Cape Town on HMT Ingoma 9-August-1919. Released from service 12-August-1919 at Maitland. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918