John Baskeyfield Memorial - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
N 53° 01.850 W 002° 11.456
30U E 554257 N 5876006
The statue of Lance Sergeant J. D. Baskeyfield is located at the Festival Retail Park, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent.
Waymark Code: WMV83A
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/12/2017
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The statue of John Baskeyfield VC is located at Festival Park, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. It was produced by sculptors Steven Whyte and Michael Talbot.
A plaque on the plinth of the statue is inscribed as follows:-
'In memory of the heroism of
Lance Sergeant J. D. Baskeyfield VC
Born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 18th November 1922
Killed during the battle of Arnhem 20th September 1944'
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'John "Jack" Daniel Baskeyfield VC (18 November 1922 – 20 September 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
Baskeyfield was born in 1922,and was called up to the army in 1942. He served with the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, an airlanding unit of the 1st Airborne Division, in Sicily and Italy in 1943 before returning to the United Kingdom. The division was next deployed in Operation Market Garden and fought in the subsequent Battle of Arnhem.
While defending the Oosterbeek perimeter three days into the battle, Baskeyfield commanded a pair of anti-tank guns that destroyed several enemy tanks before the crews were killed. Baskeyfield subsequently fired the guns alone before he too was killed.
His body was not identified after the war and he has no known grave.' Source: (
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Lance-Sergeant John Daniel Baskeyfield
The South Staffordshire Regiment
1st Airborne Division
Missing in action