In Remembrance of
Jack Basstone
Date of birth: 26th May 1914
Place of birth: Brierfield, Lancashire, England
Wife: Violet Elizabeth Basstone
Service: Royal Marines
Rank: Marine
Service Number: PO/X 100574
Joined Hood: Unknown
Left Hood: 24th May 1941 (loss of ship) (Marine)
Biographical Information: Jack was born on 26th May 1914 in Brierfield, Lancashire. He was 26 years old at the time of his loss.
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
SourcesCommonwealth War Graves Commission'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
His grandson, Gordon Basstone (photo, December 2007)