Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George Buckley a bricklayer, born 1851 in Measham, Leics., and his wife Eliza, born 1860 in Ickford, Bucks. Ernest was born in 1885 in Measham, Leics., his siblings were, Ruth, born 1879, Edwin, born 1881, Emma, born 1883 and Mary Ann, born 1891, all his siblings were born in Measham, Leics., in April 1891 the family home was at Bosworth Road, Measham, Leics. In March 1901 Ernest was employed as an apprentice shoe maker and was residing in the family home at High Street, Measham, Leics., together with his parents and siblings, Edwin, Mary and George, born 1895 in Measham, Leics. In April 1911 Ernest was employed as a boot repairer and was residing in the family home at Cross Lane, Measham, Leics., together with his wife of three years, Emily Ada, born 1889 in Donisthorpe, Leics., and their children, Ronald, born 1909 in Leics., and Hilda, born 1910 in Measham, Leics. The War Diary for the 16th September records that The Battalion was due to be relieved by the West Yorkshire Regiment at 9.30pm, nothing was seen of this relief and at about 1.00am on the 17th September the Commanding Officers of both the Leicestershire Regiment and the Sherwood Foresters patrolled and found that the relief was occupying a position about 200x in the rear of us and had received no orders as to their relieving us. The Commanding Officer decided to evacuate the position. The Battalion formed up and marched away about 300x to 400x from the trenches. An orderly arrived with a message from Brigade directing that we were to evacuate our present position without relief. (It has since been found that this was necessary to enable the heavy artillery to bombard the Quadrilateral, and that the West Yorkshire Regiment were in a position to hold the ground vacated by us should the enemy attempt to advance). The Battalion proceeded to bivouacs in Maltz Horn Farm A.5 b 9.1 reference sheet Guillemont, arriving about 5.30am. Casualties throughout the action 14 officers and 410 other ranks.