Jack Buck

Jack's military record and Jane's photos

  • Born: 28 Dec 1898
  • Where: Tharston, Norfolk
  • Enlisted: n/k
  • Rank: Private
  • Service No.: 41382
  • Regiment: North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales's) Regiment
  • Service : 2nd/6th Battalion
  • Date of Death: 13 Mar 1918
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial (CWGC link)
  • Grave Ref.: Bay 7 and 8

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Further Info:

  • Son of Henry Arthur and Emma Elizabeth (nee Beckett) Buck, of Tharston, Norfolk
  • 1899: birth (1899 Q1 Depwade Norfolk Vol 4B Page 237) - census returns give birth place as Tharston, Norfolk
  • 1899: baptised at St. Mary's Church, Tharston on 12 February
  • 1901 Census: Tharston, Norfolk, age 2 (RG13 Piece 1862 Folio 127 Page 6)
  • 1911 Census: Tharston, Norfolk, age 12, school and vicarage boy (RG14 PN11462 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN41)
Quote from 'Roll of Honour' website:

Private 41382, 2/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed in action 13 March 1918. Aged 19. Born Tharston, enlisted Wroxham, enlisted Pulham St Mary. Son of Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Buck, of Pulham St. Mary, Diss, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7 and 8

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Page last updated: 28 Aug 2018