Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Commander Buckle

Commander Archibald Buckle’s grave in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries restored

Oct 19, 2012

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in _Broken Link, _Missing Images, Commander Buckle, First World War, Great War, Memorial, missing images

The grave of World War 1 hero Commander Buckle in Brockley Cemetery has been refurbished by members of the British Army Association. Sir Winston Churchill has referred to Buckle as one of the “salamanders born in the furnace,” who survived “to lead,to command, and to preserve the sacred continuity”. His history has been featured on…
Commander A W Buckle DSO,RNVR

Jul 17, 2008

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in Commander Buckle, First World War, War Graves

Continuing our series on war heroes buried in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, David Platt and Michael Martin have written this account of the life of Commander Buckle Located in the Brockley section of the Cemetery is the headstone of Archibald Walter Buckle. He rose from a private to command the Anson Battalion in the…