Commander Bernard Buxton, DSO, Royal Navy (21 October 1882 – 29 December 1923).
Buxton was born in Thorpe, the son of Geoffrey Howell Buxton who was a banker.
Buxton was promoted to Lieutenant on 31 March 1904. He married Hermione, the second daughter of the Earl of Verulam on 28 September 1904. On 20 December 1910 he was appointed to Prince of Wales to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear Admiral John Jellicoe. He stayed in that post for a year.
Buxton was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 31 March 1912, and to Commander on 31 December 1915.
He was mentioned in despatches on 7 May 1917 for "services in Mesopotamia period December 1916 to March 1917. For good work done on all occasions. His prompt action under heavy fire on 26 March saved H.M.S. Mantis from running aground in a critical position." He was awarded the DSO for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.
On 1 January 1920, he was granted leave to proceed to Abyssinia. Buxton was invalided home on 9 August 1922, suffering from old malaria and the stress of service in the tropics. He died at home on 29 December 1923 at the age of 41.