William, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalio...
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William Ernest Basketfield
Private
Service No. 13941
Age 24
Died on 11 October 1917
Coldstream Guards
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West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Son of William and Mary Anna Basketfield, of Coventry Road, Coleshill, Birmingham. His brother Arthur Oliver Allan also fell.
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William, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
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