Lance Sergeant John Baskeyfield VC - 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment ( 1st Airborne Division )


Staffordshire Regiment Museum
incorporating:





South Staffordshire Regiment



and
North Staffordshire Regiment
( Prince of Wales's )

Whittington Barracks
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9PY

The following South Staffordshire Regiment Victoria Crosses are held by the Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Rank First Name Last Name Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Isandhlwana, Zululand, South Africa ( 1879 )
Private Samuel WASSALL 80th Regiment
( South Staffordshire Regiment )
Intombi River, Zululand, South Africa ( 1879 )
Colour Sergeant Anthony Clarke BOOTH 80th Regiment
( South Staffordshire Regiment )
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Private Thomas BARRATT 7th Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment
Second World War ( 1939 - 1945 )
Lance Sergeant John Daniel BASKEYFIELD 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment
( 1st Airborne Division )
Major Robert Henry CAIN Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
att'd 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment
( 1st Airborne Division )
Lieutenant George Albert CAIRNS 1st Bn, Somerset Light Infantry
att'd South Staffordshire Regiment


Location of other South Staffordshire Regiment VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
Captain Arthur Forbes KILBY Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum
Captain John Franks VALLENTIN Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire

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2 January 2013