author
Francis Buckley
1881–1949
A barrister turned First World War officer, he later became an influential amateur archaeologist whose careful fieldwork helped shape the study of Britain’s Mesolithic past. He is also remembered for a vivid memoir of wartime service, Q.6.a and Other Places.
1 Audiobook
Q.6.a and Other places: Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918
by Francis Buckley
About the author
Born in 1881 in Saddleworth, England, Francis Buckley trained as a barrister before serving in the First World War with the Northumberland Fusiliers. His wartime experiences later fed into his memoir Q.6.a and Other Places: Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918, a firsthand account of service in France and Flanders.
After the war, Buckley became known for his work as an archaeologist, especially for collecting, recording, and classifying prehistoric flints with unusual care for his time. Sources on his life describe him as an important early contributor to Mesolithic studies, and museums in the northwest of England have highlighted the value of the collection he built and donated.
There is a small date conflict in the sources consulted: some list his death year as 1948, while the edition data used for this library identifies him as 1949. To stay close to the book record, this overview follows the 1881–1949 dating while noting that published biographical sources differ.