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image: A half length portrait of Buckle, wearing full uniform and looking straight ahead.
Commander Archibald Walter Buckle was an officer of the 63rd Royal Naval Division, who commanded the Anson Battalion
during the final 'Hundred Days' offensive of 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and three bars and was mentioned in
despatches five times, as well as being wounded on three occasions. Buckle began his military service as a private, serving in the Drake
Battalion before rising to command the Anson Battalion. He died in 1927 aged only 38, partly as a result of his war
wounds.
Imperial War Museum, Naval Section Commission | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Western Front 1914-1918 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 63rd Division Archibald Walter 8th Anson Battalion Royal Navy 1914-1918 Royal Naval Division 1914-1918 Buckle British Army 1914-1918 British Army Military Personnel 188th Brigade Royal Navy portrait / personification Uniforms First World War medals / orders / decorations | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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