HERBERT BUCKLAND
26 March 1886 - 20 July 1916
At School 1897 - 1902
L/Cpl 4572 20th Royal Fusiliers
On the outbreak of war Bert enlisted in the 20th Royal Fusiliers, the 3rd (Public Schools) Battalion. The Battalion initially trained at
Epsom and Leatherhead and in May 1915 moved to Clipstone Camp
near Mansfield and in August to Salisbury Plain for final training
before departure for France.
In mid November the Battalion entrained to Folkestone and on the 14th
crossed the Channel to France, landing at Calais and then moving to
rest camp in Boulogne.
