Private John Affleck Buckham

Private John Affleck Buckham

Army

Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Died: May 2,1916

Commemorated at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

John Affleck Buckham was born March 5, 1889 at The Glebe, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Buckham came with his family to Canada in 1901 and first settled in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Buckham lived in Kindersley, Saskatchewan before moving to Calgary, Alberta. Living in Calgary with their parents, Buckham and his brother, Thomas, enlisted on March 9, 1915 with the 50th Overseas Battalion. Going overseas to England in October 1915, Buckham went on to serve as a Private with the Canadian Expeditionary Force attached to the 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) during the First World War. Part of the 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division, the battalion landed in France in October 1915 fighting in the trenches along the Western Front in France and Belgium. On May 2, 1916, Private John Affleck Buckham died of gunshot wounds at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station and is commemorated at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Gideon and Elizabeth (nee Lauder) Buckham of Calgary; brother of Euphemia, Charlotte, Jessie, Bessie, Private Thomas Buckham (49th Battalion) and Isabella; he was 27 years old.