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RAMC profile of:

Frank BASSNETT
[Service No: 566]

Frank BASSNETT

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Place or Date of Birth:	Burnley, Lancs in August 1897

Service Number:	566

TF Number:

Rank:	Pte

Unit:	2nd East Lancashire Divisional Field Ambulance

Attached To:	2/2nd East Lancs Field Ambulance

Enlistment Location:	Burnley, Lancs

Also Served:

Outcome:	Drowned

Date Died:	13/08/1915
Age Died:	18

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:	Turkey - Helles Memorial

Awards:

Gazette Reference:

Other Information:

Frank had been a member of the Burnley Lads’ Club for 4 years. He entered the war in Egypt on 11th August 1915. He was onboard H.M. Transport Ship 'Royal Edward' when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14. He was the son of Rose Bassnett of 33 Master Street, Burnley. His uncle, Private Frank Bassnett of the same unit, survived the sinking.


Additional Information:	Date Added: Tuesday 09 October, 2018

Frank remembered on the Royal Edward panel on the Helles Memorial [Photographs courtesy of Chris Lud... (click here to read full text)

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