Lance Sergeant J D Baskeyfield VC by Terence Cuneo. SIG282 5 buzz bombs and hundreds

5 buzz bombs and hundreds of ground based vehicles

3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Battle Group

HMS Sickle went on to attack German U-Boat U-755 unsuccessfully

7th June 1915

Eder and Sorpe dams

Lance Sergeant J D Baskeyfield VC by Terence Cuneo. SIG282 5 buzz bombs and hundredsDHM994. Lance Sergeant J D Baskeyfield VC by Terence Cuneo. During the Battle at Arnhem, Lance Sgt. Baskeyfield (2nd Bt. South Staffordshire Reg.) with all his crew dead or wounded, he continued to man the the 6 pounder alone, until it was put out of action, he then crawled (with a shattered leg) to another undamaged 6 pounder and fired two shots knocking out an advancing self propelled gun, seconds later he was killed. He was awarded, posthumously,