William Buckingham

:"This article is about the Victoria Cross recipient. For the U.S. Senator from Connecticut, see William Alfred Buckingham."

William Buckingham (February 1886-15 September 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was 29 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 10 and 12 March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Private Buckingham showed great bravery and devotion to duty in rescuing and rendering aid to the wounded, while he himself was exposed to heavy fire.

He was killed in action, Somme, France, on 15 September 1916.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment "(Leicester, England)".

References

*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)