Cpl Reginald Sydney Buckingham, 17597, 1st Battalion Oxford and Buck Light Infantry, was killed in action while serving in the Persian Gulf on April 6th, 1916. He was aged 22.

The son of Levi and Lily Buckingham, he was born in Tebworth in 1894, and in 1901 was living at 31 Stuart Street, Luton. In April 1914 he married Priscilla Ann Pateman and had a son, Aubrey Reginald, with whom he lived at Dorset Villa, Marsh Road, Leagrave.

He had joined the colours 16 months previously after being employed for a short time at the Hewlett and Blondeau aeroplane works at Leagrave. He had sailed on active service on the previous December 11th.

He is commemorated on the Leagrave War Memorial.