John Oswald Buckler · In memoriam
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John Oswald Buckler
1887 – 1941 · 53 years
COMMANDER J. O. BUCKLER O. B. E., R. D., R. N. R., H. M. S. "STAG" 7TH APRIL 1941 AGE 53 † "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Commander Buckler O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R. of H.M.S. Stag - Age: 53 O.B.E. = Officer of the Order of the British Empire R.D. = Reserve Decoration R.N.R. = Royal Naval Reserve With elder brother Lionel Buckler, sons of John Findlay Buckler and Mary Anne Buckler; husband of Isa Christine Noelle Buckler, of Winkleigh, Devon. Twice Mentioned in Despatches 1914-18 War. 1905 Midshipman; 1911 Sub-Lieutenant; 1913 Lieutenant; 1921 Lieutenant Commander; 1932 Retired as Commander; April 1940 Recalled for duty with Admiral Sir Walter Cowan in Port Said.
