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PH246

Item

Object ID

PH246

Type

Photograph

Rights Holder

CIC

Provenance

D T Bassett

Season

1939

Description

Paper digital scan of photograph B/W: Jack Bassett & Wife. Dimensions: w5 1/8in. x h6 in. (w13cm x h15.2cm). In biro pen top left: “London in 1939”. In biro pen on reverse: “Jack Bassett in London in 1938 with his new wife Sheila (Bulmer) from Middlesboro”

Info

Jack Bassett played on the wing rugby for Christ College Brecon, Swansea Uplands, Swansea United (ie: Swansea RFC 2nd XV) and Swansea 1st XV from 1930 to 1934. He also turned out for Neath 1st XV in the latter part of 1934-35. A promising athlete, Jack joined the R.A.F. in 1938 and sadly was killed along with the rest of his crew in a training accident when flying a Wellington Bomber on 10 September 1941. This memento of his life and others on this website, were donated to the collection by his son David Bassett.

Keywords

jack bassett, 1939,

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