Gunner Lionel V. Basco (born Bascovitch) was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born on 5 February 1915, in Mile End, the son of Russian-born tailor Hyman and Matilda Basco (née Taylor), of London. In 1939, Basco was working as a machinist.[1]
Aged 28, Basco died on 1 May 1943 while working on the Thailand-Burma Railway as a prisoner in Japanese captivity. He had belonged to 125 (Northumbrian) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, which had formed part of Singapore's defence until Japan occupied the colony in February 1942.[2] He had married, in 1938, to Mary Simons.
He is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery.
Notes[]
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
- ↑ 125 (Northumbrian) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA), ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
References[]
- Ancestry.co.uk.
- Basco, Lionel, cwgc.org. Retrieved 23 January 2015.