Charles Forbes Buchan

Buchan was born in 1869, the son of Charles Forbes Buchan M.D., a military surgeon.^[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1881 and 1885.^[4]

Buchan was a Major in the Territorial Force Reserve in 1914 and served throughout World War I attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel as Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office.^[6][4] He was mentioned in despatches and was made CBE in 1919 for valuable services rendered during the war.^[2][4][5]

Buchan left the War Office in 1919 and was for many years thereafter Honorary Treasurer of the Navy League and a member of its executive committee during Lord Linlithgow's presidency and when Sir Cyril Cobb was chairman of the executive committee.^[1][7] He was also Honorary Treasurer and Secretary of the Training Ship Stork at Hammersmith^[1][8] and in 1926 organised a fundraising Ball in aid of the ship at the Hyde Park Hotel in London.^[9] In 1939 he was invested as an Officer of St. John for his work with the Navy League.^[10][4]

Buchan was a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.^[2] In 1898 he married Margaret Hume, the daughter of Captain Walter Hume of North Devon, who predeceased him.^[2] Buchan died on 30 April 1954.^[1][4]