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John Daniel Baskeyfield VC (18 November 1922 – 20 September 1944) was a British Army soldier an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. 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.

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  • John Baskeyfield (en)
  • ジョン・バスキーフィールド (ja)
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  • ジョン・"ジャック"・ダニエル・バスキーフィールド VC(John "Jack" Daniel Baskeyfield, 1922年11月18日 - 1944年9月20日)は、イギリスの軍人。第二次世界大戦中のヴィクトリア十字章受章者の1人。 1944年、を巡る戦いの最中、バスキーフィールドは2門の対戦車砲を指揮して敵戦車数両を撃破した。やがて砲兵らが殺害された後も、バスキーフィールドは自らが戦死するまで単身で対戦車砲を撃ち続けた。戦後も彼の遺体は発見されず、正式な埋葬は行われなかった。 (ja)
  • John Daniel Baskeyfield VC (18 November 1922 – 20 September 1944) was a British Army soldier an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. 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. (en)
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  • Oosterbeek, Netherlands (en)
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  • Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (en)
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