BORN HORKSTOW BRIDGE, LINCS 1877. SON OF THE LATE HENRY(1846-1901) AND ELIZA BASLINGTON (1850-1923), OF 48 MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 20/08/1910. HIS WIFE, HETTY MARSHALL (COATES), LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, JOHN AND JAMES, AT 76 , ESCOURT STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, 146LBS WEIGHT AND OF ‘GOOD’ PHSYICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/01/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12/1420, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (EYR). POSTED TO MALTA, ON 11/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE, ON 04/05/1916. JOINED THE 1/5TH WEST YORKS REGIMENT, ON 18/06/1916. WOUNDED WITH SHELL SHOCK, ON 03/09/1916. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918.
HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHERS JOHN, AND GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, LUCY, ANNIE AND EDITH, WHO ALL LIVED IN HULL. HIS BROTHER, L/SGT, JOHN HENRY BASLINGTON, 24209, NOTTS & DERBY REGIMENT, WAS WOUNDED IN THE WAR (SILVER BADGE NO: 247310). HIS BROTHER GEORGE, ALSO SERVED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRES.
