BORN HULL 1898. ALBERT BUCHAN (1862-1928) & ADA REYNOLDS (1867-1951), OF 37, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND SEVEN BROTHERS. FOUR OF HIS BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR AND WERE PHOTOGRAPHED.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6th SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/10/1918, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ADA.
HE IS BURIED AT BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS”.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE EDWARD BUCHAN
Military Number:
94539
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/10/1918
Place died:
BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
20
37, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
