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Private A Bassett


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Private Albert BASSETT,  241183, 6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  died as a Prisoner of War, Germany, 28th December 1918, age 32.

Born Littleham, Devon, son of John Timothy J & Susan Mary Bassett*, of 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devon.


1911 Census - 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devon - Mr J Bassett, head, age 57, married, labourer in gas works, born Exmouth, Devon; Susan Bassett, wife, age 57, married 35 years, 11 children, 8 still alive, born Honiton; Albert Bassett, son, age 22, single, labourer,  born Exmouth, Devon; Edwin Bassett, son, age 20, single, fitter, gas works, born Exmouth, Devon; Percy Bassett, son, age 18, single, gardener, born Exmouth, Devon; Laura Bassett, daughter, age 16, single, born Exmouth, Devon; Bessie Bassett, daughter, age 14, born Exmouth, Devon; Harry Pyle, boarder, age 29, single, born Exmouth, Devon.


Enlisted Exeter, Devon, age 25, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 140lbs.  Resided 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devon. Formerly labourer.

Home 26th February 1916 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 28th December 1918.

26th February 1916, enlisted; 26th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 24th April 1916, mobilized; 28th April 1916, posted 2/5th Royal West Kent Regiment, 4166; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, Kent, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 16th September 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1917, joined Battalion in the Field; 30th November 1917, posted missing; 16th January 1918, confirmed as Prisoner of War; 28th December 1918, 6.00am died in the Hut Hospital, Prisoner of War Camp at Parchim, Germany of Grippe (influenza) / pneumonia.

8th September 1919, date to which separation allowance of 5/- a week will be paid.

27th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Bassett, 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devon; Mother, Susan Bassett, 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devon; Brothers - John Bassett, age 39?, 4 Prince ???; Charlie Bassett, age 37; 2 Exeter Road, ???? ; Edwin Bassett, age 27, 2, ????, ; Percy Bassett, age 26, 4 Halls ????, ; Sisters - Elizabeth Brooks, age 43, 20 Galdstone ?????; Laura Bryant, age 24, 9 Seddon Road, ????; Bessie Rawsell, age 22, 2 Stables Court, ????.

Buried at  Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg Cemetery, II. E. 13. Hamburg, Germany.

* Probate - Bassett Susan Mary, of 43, Fore St., Exmouth, Devonshire widow died 21st March 1928, Probate London 30th March to John Bassett, stoker & Percy Bassett, labourer. Effects £34 8s.


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