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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. 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. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! Item Code : CLP2948 Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. - This Edition Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING CLIPSIG Clipped Signature. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Buchanan, John (signed in person) Signature(s) value alone : £60 £10 Off! Now : £50.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

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Corporal John Buchanan (deceased) *Signature Value : £60	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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