Name: John Daniel Baskeyeld VC
Other names/aliases: Jack
Date of birth: 18 November 1922
Place of birth: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Nationality: British
Date of death: 20 September 1944
Place of death: Oosterbeek, Netherlands
Service No: 5057916
Unit(s): 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Burial: Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Memorials: Baskeyeld VC Memorial, Stoke-on-Trent; Baskeyeld
Avenue, is named in his honour; There is a memorial tree in
Oosterbeek on the spot he died.
Medals and awards: Victoria Cross (VC)
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