Identity
Person No.
8543
Service No.
328
Last Name
First Name
James Bassett
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. The Battery was at Colincamp since the 7th October 1916 in a position really untenable for a heavy battery, without cover and a favourite target for the German artillery. On the 20th November, the enemy kept up a severe bombardment all day, and four gunners were killed (the three men buried at Courcelles and Bombardier Frank Birt buried in Couin British Cemetery)
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of James and Virginia Graham, late of St. Helena; husband of Mrs. F. M. Graham, of Main St., Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa.
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Interred, COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION C. 10.. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner JB Graham) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner JB Graham
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Interred, COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION C. 10.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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