Basic Details
Surname
Buckley
Forenames
Abel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14578
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 378 Lincoln Road. It wrongly records his date of death as 26/9/1926.

(CWGC records that Corporal A Buckley, regimental number 14578, died on 26/9/1916 serving in the 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and that he is buried in grave V.U.7 at Lonsdale Cemetery at Authuille in France, having been reinterred after the Armistice. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Corporal Abel Buckley was born at Mossley in Lancashire, and had enlisted in Peterborough. Abel Buckley's Army attestation form records that he enlisted as a Private in the Northamptonshire Regiment on 3/9/1914, was promoted to Corporal on 8/7/1916, was killed in action on 26/9/1916 and was originally buried south of Thiepval. When his death was announced on 21/10/1916 in the Peterborough Advertiser, he was reported to have worked for Messrs Brotherhoods in Peterborough prior to enlisting).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1926
Month of death
September
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 26 September 1926 [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial