Arthur Bucknall
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Arthur Bucknall (junior) was born in 1896 at Hyson Green, Nottingham, he was the son of Arthur Bucknall (senior) a carriage straightener and Mary Ann Bucknall née Avery and the brother of Ethel and Edward Bucknall. His father Arthur was born in 1874 at Radford, his mother Mary Ann Avery was born in 1874 also at Radford, they were married in 1893 at Nottingham and had 6 children, sadly 3 were to die in infancy or early childhood. In 1911 the family lived at 80 St Peter's Street Old Radford Nottingham Arthur is 37 yrs of age he is a carriage straightener, he is living with his wife Mary Ann 37 yrs and their children, Ethel 17 yrs a box maker, Arthur 15 yrs a moulder and Edward 8 yrs of age. Arthur married Clara Fowkes (born 17th May 1892) in 1914 at Nottingham, they lived at 59 Manvers Street, Sneinton, Nottingham, commencing 5t November 1917 his widow was awarded a pension of 13 shillings and 9 pence a week.
Private Arthur Bucknall enlisted at Nottingham, he entered theatre after 1 January 1916 and joined the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters. The battalion had taken Gouzeacourt Somme on 12 April 1917 and that evening were relieved but sent forward again the next morning. They were tasked with advancing and straightening the line out but came under heavy machine gun fire and also found the enemy wire uncut. The men were forced back to its original line after suffering heavy casualties. Arthur was one of the men killed. He is buried in Honnechy British Cemetery grave I.A.28. It is likely that Arthur was captured and died in German hands as the cemetery was in German territory until 1918. A number of German cemeteries containing British dead were concentrated here after the Armistice. John Morse
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