| Surname: | Buck |
| Initials: | G E |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/906 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded 1915 Star, Victory and War Medal. First serve abroad (1) France, 24/8/1915 to 11/11/1918, Discharged 27/7/1919. Class Z Reserve 27/7/1919. Formerly and later Metropolitan Police. Holder of the Coronation Medal 1911. 9/8/1916 he entered 34 Casualty Clearing Station with a fractured ankle, age 33 years, served 19 years. Metro. PC Buck (Y), now a Lance Corporal in the Military Mounted Police, has been awarded a similar decoration (MM) for bravery in the field. Police Review 15/12/1916, page 492. Extract from the Essex Newsman 3 February 1917. TWO BRAVE M.M.P.'s. MILITARY MEDALS PRESENTED AT CHELMSFORD. An interesting presentation of Military Medals took place in Admiral's Park, Chelmsford, on Monday, when Brig.-Gen. Daniel pinned the medals upon the tunics of Sergt. J.L. Harper and Cpl. G Buck, both of the Military Mounted Police. For the ceremony a Battalion was paraded under Lieut.-Col. Wilson, together with a party of the M.M.P. under Squadron Sergeant Major Murfit. The General who was received with customary salute by the troops and the band, was attended by an A.D.C. The A.P.M. Capt E. J. Solano and the Mayor of Chelmsford (Ald. J. O. Thompson, J.P. ? also present.) General Daniel said he had been asked to present the two medals for bravery in the field - two of the most coveted distinctions a soldier could wear, except the V.C., and he daresay in many cases the men winning those medals for bravery in the field had done just as gallant and good services as those who were wearing the more coveted decorations. The General then read the official account of the deeds which won the medals as under. Sergt. Harper: For gallantry and conspicuous bravery in Gallipoli, saving 109 boxes of ammunition under heavy fire. he was in command of 109 mules with a Zion Mule Corps. The drivers ran away and this NCO worked with two men and saved the ammunition. Corporal Buck: This N.C.O. and another were on duty near Bellevue Farm, Albert, on July 19, at cross-roads important to traffic, the post was heavily shelled. About 4 p.m. a shell exploded a bomb store. The above mentioned N.C.O., despite the continuous shelling of the road near the post and the explosions of bombs, succeeded in diverting the traffic and regulating it without accident, casualty or congestion, they also cleared the road of unexploded bombs, which might have caused injury. General Daniel shook both men by the hand, congratulated them upon their valour and expressed the hope that they would live many years to wear the medals. |
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| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 29758 Page: 9200 Sept. 21, 1916) |
| Citation: | Extract from the Essex Newsman 3 February 1917. TWO BRAVE M.M.P.'S. MILITARY MEDALS PRESENTED AT CHELMSFORD.Corporal Buck: This N.C.O. and another were on duty near Bellevue Farm, Albert, on July 19, at cross-roads important to traffic, the post was heavily shelled. About 4 p.m. a shell exploded a bomb store. The above mentioned N.C.O., despite the continuous shelling of the road near the post and the explosions of bombs, succeeded in diverting the traffic and regulating it without accident, casualty or congestion, they also cleared the road of unexploded bombs, which might have caused injury. |