John Baskeyfield memorial statue at Festival Heights in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Born
18 November 1922 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Died
20 September 1944(1944-09-20) (aged 21) Oosterbeek, Netherlands
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1942–1944
Rank
Lance sergeant
Service number
5057916
Unit
South Staffordshire Regiment
Battles/wars
Second World War
Allied invasion of Sicily
Operation Ladbroke
Allied invasion of Italy
Operation Slapstick
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Arnhem
Defense of Oosterbeek perimeter †
Awards
Victoria Cross
John Daniel BaskeyfieldVC (18 November 1922 – 20 September 1944) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
Born in 1922, Baskeyfield was called up to the British Army in early 1942. He served with the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, a glider infantry unit of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, part of the 1st Airborne Division, in Sicily and Italy in 1943 before returning to the United Kingdom. The division was next deployed in Operation Market Garden and fought in the subsequent Battle of Arnhem.
While defending the Oosterbeek perimeter three days into the battle, Baskeyfield commanded a pair of anti-tank guns that destroyed several enemy tanks before the crews were killed. Baskeyfield subsequently fired the guns alone before he too was killed. His body was not identified after the war and he has no known grave.
John Daniel Baskeyfield VC (18 November 1922 – 20 September 1944) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the...
them posthumous: Lance-Sergeant John Daniel Baskeyfield, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Lieutenant John Hollington Grayburn, 2nd Battalion...
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(Militia), at John Chard VC House, Swansea 225 (City of Birmingham) Field Squadron (Militia), at Gundolph House, Oldbury 1 Troop, at Baskeyfield House, Stoke-on-Trent...
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Silverdale Mining Memorial, The Lance Sergeant Jack Baskeyfield VC Tribute, The Spirit of 1948, and The Dr. John Roberts Monument. Whyte's multimillion-dollar...
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