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Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - John Buchanan.


Clipped Signature - John Buchanan.

Joined the Army as an infantryman in 1916 but trained in tanks, joining the 5th Battalion of the Tank Corps in France in 1917. He fought at the Somme, Third Ypres and Passchendaele, but at Amiens he was awarded the Military Medal. On 8th August 1918 his tank was hit and three crew killed. Returning to the burning machine, he and another crew member rescued the Commander and the remaining crew member despite enemy fire and their own ammunition exploding. After the war, he became an engine driver and gardener, retiring in 1969.

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Buchanan, John

Corporal John Buchanan (deceased)
John (Jack) Buchanan was born in Campsie Glen, Stirlingshire on 24th February 1896, the fourth child of the family with two elder brothers and a sister. His eldest brother was killed in the Great War. He joined the Army as an infantryman at Wareham in 1916. He was selected for training in tanks and was posted to Bovington from where he went to France in 1917 with the 5th Battalion of the newly-formed Tank Corps. He was in action on the Somme, during the Third Battle of Ypres, at Passchendael
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The village of Courcellette dominated the Somme battlefield, and it was the Canadian Corps who were given the task of taking the strongpoint. They were however aided by a new weapon, six tanks of No.1 Section, C Company, Heavy Tank Battalion. The Mark Is were commanded by Captain A. M. Inglis in C5 Creme de Menthe and supported the 31st (Alberta) Battalion in the successful assault in and around the villages Sugar Factory.

Assault on Courcellette, The Somme, 15th September 1916 by David Pentland. 		A Kearse.<br><br>This is one of a series of studies on campaigns and battles of the Great War by Lt Col Kearsey, designed to help the student of military history, particularly those studying for Staff College. Sub-titled The Turn of the Tide on the Western Front, the book examines the offensive that marked the beginning of the end for Germany and of which the first day, 8th August, was named by Ludendorff as the black day of the German Army. Beginning with an appreciation of the situation on 1st August it follows the events leading up to the battle, describes the first day of the offensive and the battle that followed during the next three days. It then reviews operations from 21st August to 3rd September, officially the Second Battles of the Somme. The study closes by posing twelve questions for the student, gives some general notes for the solution of the problems and finally gives the solutions.
The Battle of Amiens 1918.		 Swamped by mud amidst a desolate, shattered landscape, men and horses of the Royal Field Artillery drag their 18 pounder field-gun towards a new position on 15 November 1917, during the final days of the Battle of Passchendaele. Whilst the army continues its grim fight on the ground, overhead Sopwith Camels from 45 Squadron Royal Flying Corps tangle in an equally deadly duel with German Albatros fighters of Jasta 6. Flying the lead Sopwith Camel is the RFC Ace, 2nd Lt Kenneth Montgomery who scored the last of his 12 victories in this dogfight when he shot down the German Ace Leutnant Hans Ritter von Adam, the Commanding Officer of Jasta 6 with an impressive 21 victories to his name. To commemorate one of the most significant anniversaries in history, Anthony Saunders has created a powerful painting portraying the bleak sacrifice made by so many heroic young men. The names of the bitter battles they endured, however, still live on a hundred years later - Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Loos - and one of the most savage - Passchendaele.
The Big Push - Passchendaele 1917 by Anthony Saunders. 		Very few of the British soldiers made it through the barbed wire defences, and even fewer to the German trenches. By the end of the first day the British losses were 60,000 men.

The Battle of the Somme - At the German Trenches by Jason Askew.
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Corporal John Buchanan (deceased)
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Buchanan, John
(Corporal John Buchanan (deceased))

John (Jack) Buchanan was born in Campsie Glen, Stirlingshire on 24th February 1896, the fourth child of the family with two elder brothers and a sister. His eldest brother was killed in the Great War. He joined the Army as an infantryman at Wareham in 1916. He was selected for training in tanks and was posted to Bovington from where he went to France in 1917 with the 5th Battalion of the newly-formed Tank Corps. He was in action on the Somme, during the Third Battle of Ypres, at Passchendaele and continuously until the Battle of Amiens when, on 8th August 1918, he was awarded the Military Medal. His citation reads : 111527 Lance Corporal J Y S Buchanan MM, 5th Battalion, Tank Corps, Battle of Amiens, 8th August 1918. Near Dodod Wood, Lance Corporal J Y S Buchanan displayed the greatest gallantry. His tank received a direct hit which set it on fire, wounding the tank commander and killing three of the crew. Lance Corporal Buchanan and Private Hall, both Members of the crew, re-entered the blazing tank and succeeded in rescuing the Tank Commander and the remaining member of the crew, both of whom were wounded. In addition to the danger they incurred throught ammunition exploding inside the tank, they were exposed to the enemy's fire throughout. John Buchanan was also awarded the French Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives en Bronze for the same action. He was demobilised in 1919 and returned to Scotland where he trained as an engine driver and worked as such until 1939 when failng eyesight forced his early retirement. He then worked as a gardener on various private estates in Scotland until his final retirement in 1969 at the age of 73. Latterly he moved to Sidmouth in Devon to live with his daughter.

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