Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mwanakomana wezvematongerwe enyika Edward Pery Buckley, akaberekwa muna October 1829 pamusha wemhuri paNew Hall paBodenham, Wiltshire. Akadzidza paEton College. Buckley akatamba kirikiti yekutanga yeMarylebone Cricket Club kaviri, achitamba neCambridge University pazviitiko zvese zviri zviviri paFenner's naIshe muna 1851 na1852, kunyangwe asina kubudirira sezvo akarova makwikwi mapfumbamwe chete mumitambo yake miviri. Akatamba pamwe chete nomunun'una wake, Alfred, mumitambo yose iri miviri. Buckley akashanda muuto reBritain munguva yeHondo yeCrimea, achitenga mazita emutevedzeri uye kaputeni muRoyal Scots Fusiliers muna Gumiguru 1853. Akakuvadzwa zvakakomba pa
Hondo yeAlma muna September 1854, asi gare gare akadzokera kuchikwata chake. Buckley akaurayiwa muhondo muna September akatevera apo akanga achigadzira varindi mumakomba panguva yeKukombwa kweSevastopol.