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Capt Herbert Cecil Buck

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Capt Herbert Cecil Buck

Birth
Death
22 Nov 1945 (aged 28)
Buckland St Mary, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
Burial
Caversham, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England Add to Map
Plot
cremated. Name carved on panel 1
Memorial ID
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Unit: 1 SAS
Number: IA/1117
Age: 28
Parent unit 3/1 Punjab Regiment,Indian Army.
Son of Lt-Col.Cecil Henry, IA and Eleanor May Buck, Yateley, Hampshire; husband of Celia (nee Wardle) Buck.
Educated St Peter's Hall,Oxford University (M.A.); served 1 Bn Worcestershire Regiment 1939; served Special Interrogation Group, att. L Det SAS 1942; served 1 Special Service Regiment July 1942; WIA and POW Tobruk September 1942-1945. Award M.C. Died in air crash near Chard, Somerset.

Crew on board:

F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox
Unit: 1 SAS
Number: IA/1117
Age: 28
Parent unit 3/1 Punjab Regiment,Indian Army.
Son of Lt-Col.Cecil Henry, IA and Eleanor May Buck, Yateley, Hampshire; husband of Celia (nee Wardle) Buck.
Educated St Peter's Hall,Oxford University (M.A.); served 1 Bn Worcestershire Regiment 1939; served Special Interrogation Group, att. L Det SAS 1942; served 1 Special Service Regiment July 1942; WIA and POW Tobruk September 1942-1945. Award M.C. Died in air crash near Chard, Somerset.

Crew on board:

F/Sgt Jan Jan Brzenski (F/Eng)
F/O Stanislaw Kleybor(Nav) DFC
F/Lt Leopold Mielecki (Pilot)
F/O Antoni Wize(W/Op)
F/O Myers, Gordon (Co-Pilot)
A G Quick
P J Biles
C H Buck
H W G Staunton
A J Birch
R C Anderson
R O Anderson
J H Attwood
D B Benjamin
J Brewis
W A Charlton
A E Clark
L J Curry
H Donovan
L H Downes
L R Dyer
P Fairbairn
P Fairbairn
W Gent
O Williams
R E C Williams
B W Fox

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  • Created by: julia&keld
  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31003286/herbert_cecil-buck: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Herbert Cecil Buck (12 Dec 1916–22 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31003286, citing Reading Cemetery and Crematorium, Caversham, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).