Died as a Prisoner of War.
| BUCKLEY, WILFRED. 15/05/1918. Lance Corporal. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Bn. Died: 15/05/1918. Age 25. Son of Mary Elizabeth Buckley, of Scarville, Irwell Springs, Bacup, and the late George Henry Buckley. Born: Bacup, Lancs. Enlisted: Preston, Lancs. Resided: Bacup Lancs Cemetery: Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. Ref: I. B. 3. |
Wilfred Buckley`s British War Medal.
| British War
medal to 48932 Pte Wilfred Buckley 1st Bttn Liverpool Regiment
born Bacup, enlisted Preston, who died of wounds whilst a prisoner of
war on the 15th May 1918. He is buried in Poznan Old garrison cemetery
Poland (also buried in the same cemetery are the men involved in the
mass escape from Stalag Luft 3 in WW2) Also came with another BWM to 247264 Gnr J Buckley (medals came together) I believe that this is Wilfreds brother James (1901 census details both brothers.) |
| Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery After the First World War, the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died in Poland as prisoners of war were gathered together in this cemetery. There are now 174 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. One of the burials is unidentified. Special memorials commemorate one casualty known to have been buried in Czersk Prisoners of War Cemetery, 29 known to have been buried at Szczypiorno Prisoners of War Cemetery and 18 known to have been buried at Pila (formerly Schneidemuhl) Prisoners of War Cemetery, all of whose graves could not be identified. The majority of the 283 Second World War burials in the cemetery are those of airmen, many of whom died in bombing operations on Stettin (now Szeczin). Also buried here are those involved in the mass escape from Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, in March 1944, and others who died while prisoners of war during the German occupation, at Stalag 8C, Kunaukr Sprottau, Stalag 21D at Poznan, Offlag 21B and Stalag 21B, both at Schubin. There are also 19 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery, most of them Polish. The cemetery also contains the POZNAN MEMORIAL commemorating five RNAS armoured car ratings who died near Brezazany in July 1917 and whose graves were never located. |