May 2, 1849, Widcombe, Bath, England.
December 12, 1921, Somerset, England.
Cranford Cemetery, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Bucknall was a pupil of William Monk, and became his assistant in 1868. He served as organist of Southwell Minster (1872) and All Saints, Clifton (1876). He received his MusB degree from Oxford in 1878.