BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. SON OF HILDA & ROBERT BUCHANAN. OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE LOCAL 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED 17/05/1917, AGED 21.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE, AT HULL MINSTER. HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “IN GOD’S KEEPING”
First name:
DUNCAN
Military Number:
474080
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
17/05/1917
Place died:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
