Name
Frederick John Buck
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Army Service Corps
Motor Transport
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
In the 1911 Census Frederick Buck was employed as Chauffeur by the Kindersley family at Langley House in Abbots Langley. He gave his address at High Street, Abbots Langley and lived with his wife, Louisa (Martin). The couple had married at Watford in the autumn of 1910.
Frederick was born at Battersea in the winter of 1882. He was one of four sons of William and Annie Buck. The couple also had two daughters. William worked as a Carpenter, and the family moved frequently between 1891 and 1911, living at Chelsea, Holloway, Peckham, Battersea, Swanage and Kensington. By 1911 William had returned to Swanage, with his wife and two of his children. Frederick had left the family home and was living in Abbots Langley.
The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine listed Frederick for the first time in its Roll of Honour in December 1915, serving with the Motor Transport Army Service Corps (MTASC). Very little is known about his time in the Army as Frederick’s Service Record has not survived.
He served after the Armistice in November 1918, and was listed in the Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 Absent Voter Records serving as a Private with the 599th Company BM TD ASC, and gave his home address at 4 Adrian Road, Abbots Langley.
Frederick’s Medal Roll showed that he was discharged on 8th March 1919. Edwin Baylis, the Butler at Langley House also served, and was Discharged Disabled in December 1917, as did William Cloude, the Motor Mechanic, who survived the War.
Frederick Buck survived the War.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
