Son of Phillip G. Ressell and Kate E. Ressell, of Durban, Natal, South Africa husband of Edith B. Ressell, of Durban. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct") (ServiceNo in this draft, 2120, differs from this record's own 2120 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-05-28).: RESSELL, Basil John (Son of Phillip George & Kate Esther Ressell, of 142A Esselmont Avenue, Durban; husband of Edith Bayley (nee Ramsay) Ressell of 295 Moore Road, Glenwood, Durban.) (Mansfield Rd. Primary; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood 1933) 2120 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 1/5/1919; baptised in the Wesleyan / Methodist Church, Durban 27/3/1927; a salesman by profession; married in the Methodist Church, Glenwood 8/5/1941; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Gazala, Libya. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Glenwood High School & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 28/05/1942 G5H8-G44 23
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