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1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB 50 Franc Note signature
Signature details:
Initial
L E
Surname
Bucksey
Nickname/Rank
Sgt MM
Match Status =
Confirmed by signature
Name & Rank
Sjt. Leonard Edward Bucksey
Service No.
338173
Evidence
Medal card signature matches
After the C Company reorganisation, November 1944, he went to HQ Company. Mentioned in Despatches, repeated in the April 1945 list. (Borderers' Chronicle, June 1945, pp.56, 64)
Born in 1919 in Camberwell, London. Mother's maiden name was Bellenger.
Orig Serial No. 6348183 - Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Looks like he received his Military Medal for action in North Africa in 1943.
Married Joyce Gladys Challoner in April 1946.
Was discharged from the Army at rank of Captain in May 1946
Leonard died in 2000 at the age of 79 in Bromley, Kent.
Record in database?
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