Capitan - British Armed Forces
Unidt – 2nd Bn. 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles
Birth place – Lisboa, Portugal
Date of birth – 31/ 03/1896
Death date – 10/ 02/1942
Father – William Vincent Bucknall
Mother – Louisa Caroline Drummond
Commonwealth War Graves Information Records
(Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
Richard Bucknall was a Captain in the British Army.
Born on March 31, 1896 in Lisbon, Portugal, son of William Vincent Bucknall and Louise Caroline Bucknall.
During the Japanese attack on the British colony of Singapore, Richard died in combat in the Kranji region while he and his regiment were trying to defend a hill.
He was 45 years old at the time of his death and is now mentioned on the Kranji Allied Memorial.
António Fragoeiro
Death registration
(National Archives, Fold3)
