Richard Drummond Hay Bucknall
Person details
| Forename(s) | Richard Drummond Hay |
|---|---|
| Surname | Bucknall |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | 2nd Gurkha Rifles |
| Age | 45 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Far East > Singapore |
| Date of Death | 10/02/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1910 |
| House Letter | G |
| School Notes | |
| Comments | Served in Mesopotamia in WW1. Called out of retirement to serve with his original regiment for WW2 |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 2nd Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 21 |
| Battle | Battle of Singapore |
| Previous Regiment | 1/2 Gurkha Rifles; Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial) |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Singapore |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Sandhurst, 1914. Married |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 25 1945. Now known to have been killed at Singapore on Feb. 10th, 1942, Richard Drummond Hay Bucknall, Captain, 2nd Gurkha Rifles (Bryans's, G, 1910-14). He was a prominent person at Radley, being a School Prefect, and also in the Cricket and Football Elevens for two seasons. He passed into Sandhurst and then was commissioned to the 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles in 1915. He served in Mesopotamia and was wounded. He retired from the army in 1923. In August, 1939. he was gazetted Captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial) but later resigned in order to rejoin his old regiment. the 2nd Gurkhas. On Feb. 10h, 1942, at Singapore, he received orders to send out a fighting patrol to occupy a hill covering the vital causeway which the Australians had had to evacuate. The Japs might have come back to occupy it. Bucknall took the patrol out himself. He met resistance and overcame it. killing 7 Japs himself with his revolver. He then went forward himself to reconnoitre and when at very short range a bomb exploded and he was killed at once. |
| Service Number | 1342 |
| Place of Birth |
