Bass, Alfred Edward
Rifleman Alfred Edward Bass. After being educated at Deal and under private tutors, Alfred E. Bass entered King's and, having passed his Inter. was reading for a Science degree when the war broke out. He quickly joined up in the Queen's Westminster Rifles (London Regiment) and went to France where he saw some very heavy fighting, notably in the fierce attack on Glencorse Wood near Ypres His commanding officer wrote: "I was with him until the end and I might say there was never a braver man in my own estimation. I might add that, he was a sound and good fellow and a splendid soldier." His brother had fallen the previous year in the battle of the Somme. King's College Review, June 1918
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Bass |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Alfred Edward |
| Date of birth | 1887 |
| Place of birth | Chester |
| Family details | Lived at Hyde Park |
| Previous education | At Deal and under private tutors |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1908 |
| Dept / course | Science Engineering |
| Military unit | London Regiment (Queens Westminster Rifles) 1st /16th Bn |
| Place enlisted | London |
| Service number | 553717 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Campaigns | France and Flanders |
| Date of death | 10 August 1917 |
| Rank at death | Rifleman |
| Place of death | Glencource Wood |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel; Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
| Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Soldiers Died in the Great War |
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