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Rank : Sergeant

Army Number : 7959 - MGC 14042

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Enlsited at Leicester. Was serving in United Kingdom with 'F' Company 1st Bn in 1910. Later served with 2nd Bn in World War One 'A' Company. Wounded during operations in France 15.5.1915. He later became a Sergeant. He later died of wounds in and Flanders Campaign 31.1.1918. At the time of his death he was serving with Machine Gun Corps as Sergeant 14042.

Medal Card: Bassett William - Leic R: - Sergeant - 7959 - MGC: 14042 - Date of Disembarkation France British Expeditionary Force: 12.10.1914 - British, Victory and 1914 Star medals - Died of Wounds 31.1.1918

CWGC

BASSETT, WILLIAM
Rank:Serjeant
Service No: 14042
Date of Death: 31/01/1918
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 117th Coy.
Grave Reference: IV. A. 19.
Cemetery: FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Ada Walker, of 98, Wheat St., Leicester; husband of Elizabeth Bassett, of 34, Infirmary Rd., Leicester.

Date of Birth : c 1889

Place of Birth : & Leicester & Leicestershire

Date of Death : 31.1.1918

Place of Death : France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & France