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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Crew List</title> <meta content="Crew List of all men who served aboard battle cruiser H.M.S. Hood between 1920 and 1941." name="Description" /> <meta content="Crew list, database, roster, list, compliment, complement, men, sailors, ratings, marines, officers, service" name="Keywords" /> <meta content="Paul Bevand, MBE and Frank Allen" name="Author" />   <script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/stmenu.js"></script>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VB75H7W8MQ"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-VB75H7W8MQ'); </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="/cssjava/subWrite.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" href="/cssjava/hoodstyle.css" />  <link rel="icon" href="http://www.hmshood.org.uk/clearbird.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.hmshood.org.uk/clearbird.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> </head> <body>  <div id="wrapper">  <div id="header"> <div id="head2"> </div> </div>   <div id="navbar"><script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/hoodnavbar.js"></script></div>  <div id='intromem'><p><span class='h3white'>-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-</span><br /><span class='h1'>H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour<br />Memorials to Men Lost in the sinking</p><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/remember.gif' alt='We will remember them' width='262' height='32' /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/images/chainbar.gif' alt='Chainbar divider' /></div> <div id='memorial'><p align='center'><strong>In Remembrance of</strong><br /><span class='h2mem'>Jack Basstone</span></p><div class='ampphotoL'><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/b/BasstoneJ.jpg' alt='Photo of 'Jack Basstonewidth='200' height='250' hspace='5' /></div><span class='h3mem'>Date of birth: </span>26th May 1914<br /><span class='h3mem'>Place of birth: </span>Brierfield, Lancashire, England<br /><span class='h3mem'>Wife: </span>Violet Elizabeth Basstone<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service: </span>Royal Marines<br /><span class='h3mem'>Rank: </span>Marine<br /><span class='h3mem'>Service Number: </span>PO/X 100574<br /><span class='h3mem'>Joined Hood: </span>Unknown<br /><span class='h3mem'>Left Hood: </span>24th May 1941 (loss of ship) (Marine)<br /><a class='menu3' href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/databaseindividualprint.php?myrec=162' target='_blank' >Click here to print memorial poster</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class='h3mem'>Biographical Information: </span>Jack Basstone was born on 26th May 1914 in Brierfield, Lancashire. His grandson, Gordon Basstone, has kindly sent us this appreciation of Jack.<p>'My grandfather was a wharf labourer in 1939 in Southampton until he was called up for duty. His wife, who had been christened Violet Elizabeth but who chose to use Elizabeth as her first name, had been born on 9th September 1918. She married Jack in Southampton, where they had four children: Thomas (my father) 1936-2019, Joyce, Violet and Maureen. Elizabeth did not long outlive her husband Jack. She contracted tuberculosis and passed late that same year, on 29th December 1941. It has always been believed in my family that she died of a broken heart.<p> 'After the tragic loss of both parents, my father and his sisters were shipped around the country from one foster home to the next. My Dad did not like to talk about any of this.'<p>Jack Basstone was 26 years old at the time of his loss.<br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /><div align='center'></div><div align='center'><br /><span class='h3mem'>Additional Photographs</span><br />None at this time.<br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /></table><hr width='50%' size='1' /></div><br clear='all' /><div align='center'><br /><br /><b><a href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/MemorialsDetail.php?RecNo=33'>Hood Chapel, Church of St. John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England</a></b><br /><br /><b>Photos of the memorial</b><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/boldre/IMG_2937.JPG' /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /><br /><br /><b><a href='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/database/MemorialsDetail.php?RecNo=65'>Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea, Hampshire, England</a></b><br /><br /><b>Photos of the memorial</b><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/SouthseaHoodPanels.jpg' width='500' width='750' /><br /><br />The part of the memorial in which the Hood casualty names can be found.<br />(Panels 45 to 61)<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/58.jpg' width='500' width='841' /><br /><br />Jack's name is in Column 3 of Panel 58.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src='http://www.hmshood.org.uk/crew/memorial/southsea/IMG_2146.JPG' width='400' width='355' /><br /><br />Detail of Jack's name.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr width='50%' size='1' /></div><div align='center'><br /><span class='h3mem'>Sources</span><br /><a href='https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/' target='_blank'>Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><br />'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)<br />His grandson, Gordon Basstone (photo, December 2007)<br /><br /><br /></div></div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/cssjava/footer.js"></script>  </div>  </body> </html>