Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookDickebush. A commanding officer wrote: "To say that Lieut. Buchanan was loved by his men is not enough, they idolised him." [Illustration: =James Herbert Buchanan.=] =BUCHANAN, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 166810, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =GRAY-BUCHANAN, CECIL GORDON=, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imp. Force, yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang, and Scotstoun, co. Lanark, late Commanding 3rd and 4th Battns. The Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians; by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; _b._ Eastfleld, Rutherglen, 9 Sept. 1886; educ. Cargilfield School and Fettes College, Edinburgh; joined the Australian Light Horse on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 14 May, 1915. The Col. commanding the regt. wrote that he had had the opportunity of observing him on a good many occasions, both on shipboard and in Egypt, and his service was ever a credit to himself and his family and that he was seen to fall gallantly doing his duty to the last. [Illustration: =Cecil Gordon Gray-Buchanan.=] =GRAY-BUCHANAN, CLAUDE=, Capt., 35th Sikhs, Indian Army, eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Michael Rowand Gray-Buchanan, of Ettrick Dale, Isle of Bute, by his wife, Frederica, 7th dau. of Henry Stuart, of Montford, Isle of Bute [and granddau. of Rear-Admiral Lord George Stuart, C.B., 7th _s._ of John, 4th Earl, and 1st Marquis of Bute], and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun: _b._ Timaru, New Zealand, 17 Feb. 1878; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst, out of which he passed first in 1898; when he was attached to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt. as a probationer for the Indian Army. He served with that regt. at Lundi Kotal (Khyber Pass) and on the North West Frontier of India from October, 1898 to October, 1899, when he was appointed to the 35th Sikhs, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he received the medal and clasp. He received his company, 20 July, 1907, and passed out of the Staff College, Quetta, in Dec. 1913. Early in Aug. he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the Royal Flying Corps, Expeditionary Force and on 2 Nov. 1914, was attached to the 8th Gurkhas. He was at first reported missing, but afterwards officially reported as having been killed in action near Festubert, 4 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. Augustine's Church, Dumbarton, 2 July, 1914, Jane Cecilia Hope, only dau. of Major Robert Elmsall Findlay, of Boturich Castle, co. Dumbarton, _s.p._ [Illustration: =Claude Gray-Buchanan.=] =GRAY-BUCHANAN, WALTER BRUCE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), fourth _s._ of Lieut.-Col (Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang, and Scotstoun. co. Lanark, late commanding 3rd and 4th battns. The Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians; by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; _b._ Eastfield, Rutherglen, 20 Aug. 1885; educ. Cargilfield School and Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Cameronians, 16 Feb. 1905, transferred to 2nd Battn. 16 Feb. 1907, promoted Lieut. 13 Oct. 1909, and Capt. 3rd Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant 8 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was buried there; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "One of those whose memories will never be forgotten and whose deeds will add to the glories of the old regiment." [Illustration: =Walter Bruce Gray-Buchanan.=] =BUCK, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 210184, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =BUCK, THOMAS CYRIL=, D.C.M., Sergt., No. 7584, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of John Buck, of Frettenham, co. Norfolk, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Maria Buck, dau. of the late William Cooke, of Buxton; _b._ Frettenham, 3 Nov. 1891; educ. Elementary School there; enlisted at Norwich, 27 Dec. 1907; was promoted Sergt. in Sept. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, greatly distinguishing himself at Givenchy and again a week later near Gheluvelt, and was killed in action at Richebourg on the morning of 9 May, 1915, being hit by a shrapnel bullet. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "For conspicuous gallantry and ability at Givenchy, 21 to 23 Dec. 1914, in going forward under heavy fire to select positions for machine guns, and subsequently for rescuing a wounded man who was lying out under fire. He also behaved gallantly on 29 Oct., near Gheluvelt, when in charge of machine guns." Lieut. T. A. Tapp wrote: "As officer in charge of the machine gun section I feel I must write to you and tell you how dreadfully cut up we all are at losing Sergt. Buck, who had made a name for himself, not only for his machine gun section, which was the best in the Army, but also for his own great personal bravery and devotion to duty. I feel I shall never have any chance of getting another Sergt. even half so good as Sergt. Buck was," and Col. J. A G. R. Drummond Hay, Commanding Coldstream Guards, writing at the wish of Col. Ponsonby said: "I will quote Colonel Ponsonby's own words as they evidently convey the feeling in the battn. as to the conspicuously gallant manner in which Sergt. Buck has conducted himself throughout the war. 'Sergt. T. Buck, who got the D.C.M. a little time ago and was my machine gun Sergt. was killed (this was in a big fight that took place on Sunday, 9 May). He will be a great loss. He has been right through the war, and was one of the bravest and coolest men under fire I have ever seen. I had already mentioned him twice before for that reason and was so glad when he was given D.C.M., which he had so well earned.'" [Illustration: =Thomas Cyril Buck.=] =BUCKETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUCKINGHAM, ALBERT=, Petty Officer (O.S.), 186259, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUCKINGHAM, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13830, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUCKINGHAM, AUBREY WEBSTER=, Major, 3rd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of the late Joseph Hicks Buckingham, of Lancaster Gate, W., and Truro, by his wife, Lucy Webster, dau. of Benjamin Hallewell, of Leeds; _b._ London. 11 Oct. 1870; educ. Elstree, and Harrow; gazetted Lieut. in the London Scottish volunteers in 1892, and saw service in the South African War, 1899-1902. He took part in the operations in Natal in 1899 in command on volunteer details, and was afterwards appointed garrison adjutant at Green P |