241315 Sgt. Robert Bucktrout MM & bar.British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment from:Eddlington Robert Bucktrout was my great grandfather. He was a reservist at the beginning of the war, also working as a fireman for the Yorkshire Main Colliery. He served 17.5 years in the army, having been called up straightaway. He was discharged from the army on 12th March 1919.
He landed in Belgium on 7th of August 1914. Robert served throughout the war and was gassed twice at Hill 60 and Albert. His medical records show that he was hospitalised on Christmas Day 1914 for a gunshot wound. He was also hospitalised on 27th April 1915 for a gunshot wound to his right hand and a bayonet wound to his ankle.
He was awarded the MM in 1917 (I think, when he was lance-corporal) and the bar later that year (Gazette date - 21st August 17, p8642).
His brother, George, was also the recipient of an MM.
Robert died in 1925 from the effects of gas poisoning (his brother George, having been invalided out of the army and awarded the Silver War medal predeceased him by four years).
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