History while in the forces
Mar/Sep 1916: enlisted in Bankers' Battalion Royal FusiliersTrained at Epping and subsequently at Portobello
Sep/Nov 1916: sent to France attached to East Surrey Regiment
Dec 1916: contracted Trench Fever and was invalided home, now in War Hospital at Combe Park, Bath
Jan/Mar 1917-1918: recovered after a prolonged hospital treatment. Now classified B.3 and employed on clerical work in the Army Pay Corps at Dover
13 Mar 1919: demobilised
01 Apr 1919: returned to Bennetts Hill branch
- Surname
- Buckler
- Forename
- Neville
- Service number
- 15356[25041]
- Rating or rank
- Corporal[Private]
- Regiment or Other Unit
- East Surrey Regiment
- Branch
- Bennetts Hill, Birmingham
- Date of Birth
- 13 Mar 1897
- Date of birth
- 1897
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 02 Jun 1913
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 24 Mar 1916
