Edward Bucklow
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Edward was the son of Edward Bucklow and his wife Lucy Easthorpe (née Beighton). Edward senior was born in Nottingham (birth registered 1871 J/F/M), the son of Frederick Bucklow, a coal merchant. He attested in the Militia, 4th Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (3877 Private) on 7 May 1889; he was 18 years old, a labourer and living at 57 Barker Gate, Nottingham. Edward was still serving in the Militia when he joined the East Yorkshire Regiment (2886 Private) on a short service engagement (7 years with the Colours 5 years Army Reserve) on 22 July 1889. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion and served at home from 22 July to 21 January 1891 (1 year 184 days). However, after several periods of hospital treatment (diagnosis rheumatism) including at Aldershot from 1 November to 17 December 1890, he was diagnosed with severe heart disease and discharged from the army as unfit for service. Lucy Easthorpe was born in Radford, Nottingham, in 1872, the daughter of James Herbert Beighton, a lace maker. Edward (21), a coal merchant, and Lucy (19), a hosiery worker, were married at Nottingham St Ann in December 1891; Edward signed the marriage register with his mark. The couple had 11 children, three of whom died young; all were born in Nottingham. The surviving children were Edward b. 19 February 1894 bap. Nottingham St Mary 13 September 1895, Frederick b. 1897, Elizabeth b. 1899, James b. 1901, Ernest b. abt. 1903/04, Gertrude b. 1905, Doris b. 1909 and Herbert b. 1911 (reg. 1912 J/F/M). Two of the three children who died in infancy were James Herbert b. 1895 bap. St Mary February 1896 d. 1897 (J/A/S) and Hilda birth registered 1908 (J/F/M) d. 1908. The family was living at 57 Barker Gate when Edward was baptised in 1895 and also when his brother James was baptised the following year. However, in 1901, Edward, a deal carrier, his wife and their three children Edward, Frederick and Elizabeth, were living at 5 Cherry Place, Nottingham. The family had moved to 2 Wray Terrace, Clarence Street, Nottingham by 1911: Edward a timber labourer, Lucy, Edward a joiner's apprentice, Frederick a grocer's errand boy, Elizabeth, James, Ernest, Gertrude and Doris. Three children had died in infancy but another son, Herbert, was born at the end of the year. Edward snr. and his wife Lucy were still living at 2 Wray Terrace when their son Edward's personal property was returned to them at the end of 1916. However, when Lucy completed a form for the army in May 1919 listing her son's surviving relatives they were all were living at 90 Gordon Road, off Alfred Street, Nottingham. Parents: Edward and Lucy Easthorpe. Brothers: Frederick (21), James (17), Ernest (15), Herbert (7). Sisters: Elizabeth (19), Gertrude (13), Doris (10). A report in the Nottingham Evening Post in January 1928 of an accident Lucy suffered at home gave her address as 88 Gordon Road. Lucy died in December 1935. Another son, Frederick, had also predeceased her (see 'Extra information'). In 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled Lucy's husband Edward, a timber stocker, was living at 8 Toronto Terrace, Nottingham. He died in January 1953.
1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). It was a Territorial battalion, formed in Nottingham in August 1914, and served in France from February 1915 as part of the 139th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. Edward attested in the Territorial Force on a four year engagement (serving in the UK) on 2 September 1912. He was aged 18 years 6 months and employed as an apprentice joiner. On 3 September 1914 Edward signed a declaration to 'subject himself to liability to serve in any place outside the United Kingdom in the event of National emergency.’ Edward transferred to the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters and embarked at Southampton for BEF France on 25 February 1915. On 23 August authority was given for him to be paid lance corporal rate. He transferred to 139th Brigade Machine Gun Company and the same month was appointed acting corporal 'to complete establishment.' Edward was appointed acting sergeant in the same company on 11 April 1916 and confirmed in the substantive rank with effect from 11 April. Edward was killed in action just over two months later on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Theipval Memorial, France. Service record: Home 2 September 1912-27 February 1915 (2 years 119 days). BEF France 28 February 1915-1 July 1916 (1 year 124 days). Total 3 years 303 days. He qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. In May 1916 the battalion moved to Fonquevillers, the Somme, in preparation for the forthcoming offensive to which 18 Divisions had been committed. The 1/7th Battalion went in to the line opposite Gommecourt in the northern limit of the planned area of operations in what was planned to be a diversionary attack. The Battalion’s first wave ‘over the top’ was virtually wiped out but some of the parties in the second and third waves reached the German front line trench. In the fighting that followed, the battalion’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Arthur Hind, was killed (see record on this Roll of Honour). In all, 181 men who had enlisted in Nottingham, 43 of whom had been born in the city, were killed. The Battalion’s casualty list (killed/wounded) on 1 July was 424 officers and men. (see www.therobinhoods.org.uk/gommecourt)
In December 1916 the army authorised Edward's personal property to be returned to his mother at 2 Wray Terrace. His property comprised: a book, brush, wire-clippers, razor, strop, safety razor, purse, 2 coins, cig. case, notebook, letters, photos. WW1 Pension Ledgers: named his parents, Edward and Lucy. Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his mother Lucy was his legatee. Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam,’ 1 July 1920: ‘Bucklow. In loving memory of Sgt. E. Bucklow, killed in action July 1st, 1916, 1/7th Sherwood Foresters. Never will his memory fade. Mother, father, sisters, brothers.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam,’ 2 July 1928: ‘Bucklow. Loving memory of my dear son, Sergt. Edward, 1/7th Robin Hoods, killed in action, July 1st, 1916. Love’s last gift, remembrance. Mother, sisters, brothers.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Edward's brother Frederick age 19, town labourer and living at 2 Wray Terrace, Clarence Street (later of 90 Gordon Road), attested on 30 April 1915. He was posted to the Royal Field Artillery (L/23457 Driver), initially to 34th Division and on 21 August to 152nd Brigade Ammunition Column. Frederick embarked at Southampton on 7 January 1916 for BEF France, disembarking at Le Havre the following day. He was posted to 24 DAC on 16 May and then to 'B' Battery, 236th Brigade on 15 October 1917. Frederick transferred to Class 'Z' Army Reserve on demobilization on 17 February 1919 at Clipstone Camp and was discharged on 20 March the following year. Service record: Home 28 April 1915-7 January 1916 (205 days). BEF France 8 January 1916-25 August 1918 (2 years 230 days). Furlough 26 August 1918-9 September 1918 (15 days, via Boulogne). Returned to France 10 September 1918-18 January 1919 (131 days). Home 19 January 1919-31 March 1920 (1 year 72 days). Total 4 years 339 days. Frederick married Clara A Morgan in 1921 (reg. A/M/J) and probably had four children: Frederick O b. 1922, Annie b. 1925, Charles b. 1928 (poss. d. 1928) and Elsie b. 1929. Clara died in 1931 and Frederick in September 1933. Nottingham Evening Post, 29 November 1927: 'Clara Bucklow, aged 25, of 10, Young-terrace, Gordon-road, Nottingham, fell not far from her home last night and injured her head. The city ambulance conveyed her to the General Hospital.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, 7 November 1931: 'Nottingham Woman Who Took 200 Tablets To Relieve Pain. Distressing Story at Coroner’s Inquest.' An inquest was held on Clara Ann Bucklow of 31 Young Terrace, Gordon Road. At the inquest her husband Frederick Bucklow said his wife was a sufferer from epileptic fits and severe pains in the stomach. Clara had died a few hours after admission to Bagthorpe Infirmary. (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, 14 September 1933: ‘Unemployed Nottingham Man Gassed. Son’s Discovery. An unemployed Nottingham man was found gassed at his home to-day. The deceased was Fredk. Bucklow, 36, widower, of 10, Youngs-terrace, Gordon-road. It is stated that he was found dead in bed by his eldest son, aged 11, in circumstances which pointed to gas poisoning. The police were informed, and the body was removed to Leenside.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) The eldest son was probably Frederick (b. 1922) who by 1939 was living in Nottingham with his married maternal aunt, Doris, and her husband George Fewkes (m. 1935), and his maternal uncle Herbert Bucklow. Nottingham Evening Post, 'Deaths,' 16 September 1933: ‘Bucklow. September 14th, Frederick, beloved son of Lucy, at rest. Sorrowing family.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, 'In Memoriam,' 6 December 1940. Three notices to Lucy E Bucklow placed by Doris and George (Fewkes m. 1935); Gertie (Gertrude m. Thomas Ernest Boot, 1933), Tom and Brenda; Lizzie (Elizabeth m. Frederick James Ellis, 1921), Jim, Gertie and Jim.
