Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men
Son of the late John Basford; husband of Edith Mary Basford, of 19 Cuyler Crescent, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Served in the South African and German South West African Campaigns. Born at Leicester, England.