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Private E J Buckmaster


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Private Ernest John BUCKMASTER, G/7499, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed 31st July 1917.

Born Poplar, London, son of Martha Buckmaster.


1911 Census - 4 Park Avenue, Cross Lane East, Gravesend, Kent - George E Sheppard, head, age 42, married, ships plumber, born Poplar, London; Martha Sheppard, wife, age 45, married 11 years, 5 children 2 alive, 3 died, born Dalston, London; Florrie Sheppard, daughter, age 3, born Gravesend, Kent; Leonard Sheppard, son, age 2, born Gravesend, Kent; Veronica Buckmaster, step daughter, age 24, single, born Poplar, London; Thomas Buckmaster, step son, age 22, single, plumbers apprentice, shipping, born Poplar, London; Eveline Buckmaster, step daughter, age 20, single, born Poplar, London; Ernest Buckmaster, step son, age 18, plumbers apprentice, shipping, born Poplar, London; Emma Buteux, age 72, mother in law, widow, born Haggerston, London.


Enlisted Gravesend, Kent. Resided 4 Park Avenue, Gravesend, Kent.

Commemorated at  Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


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