Albert Baswitz
Died:
18 Elul 5676 (16 September 1916)
Basic Information
Birth
Death
Date of death:
18 Elul 5676 (16 September 1916)
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Flatiron Copse Cemetery
Places
Addresses
Family home:
40 Tamworth Street, Fulham
Schools
Name:
Kings College London
Other Organisations
Name:
London University OTC
From Kings College Review , 01 December 1916
Captain Baswitz met his death gallantly leading his men against the Germans on September 16th last. A brother officer writing of his death says: "His sheer keenness for the whole thing was wonderfully infectious. On the 16th his chance came - the chance he had been longing for. He was ordered to take his company up and reinforce another battalion which was going to attack. So he died, gallantly leading his men, doing a work that he was always anxious to do."
Another writes: "His men, especially the bombers, adored him. There was no more popular officer in the whole division. His example will always be before us."
His Colonel, writing to his bereaved parents, said: "He was one of the bravest men I have ever met and one of the best of friends, beloved by the officers and all of his men too."
Kings College Memorial Page
http://www.kingscollections.org/warmemorials/kings-college/memorials/baswitz-albert
Teachers at the Front, 1914–1919
For more detail about Albert's family background, his schooling in London, his training to be a teacher, his military training in the university OTC and then his military career from 1914-1916, see the book 'Teachers at the Front, 1914-1919' by Dr Barry Blades, published January 2021.
Family
Siblings
Ida Emma Baswitz (female)
Parents
Father: Hermann Baswitz (male)
Mother: Kate Baswitz (female)
Homefront
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JC Letter
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UK memorial book
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JC Letter
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UK memorial book
Military Record
Rank at discharge/death:
Captain
Assignments
Regiment:
County of London Regiment
Battalion/unit:
22nd Battalion
Campaigns:
Battle of Loos, 1915
High Wood, Battle of the Somme, 1916
Roll of Honour
A. (M.C.) BASWITZ, 16 September 1916
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
16 September 1916
Regiment / service:
London Regiment, 1st/22nd Bn.
Cemetery:
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France
Grave reference:
I. E. 13.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Teachers Student
Gallery
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Headstone in Flat Iron Copse military cemetery, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
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Albert's headstone, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
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Flat Iron Copse Military Cemetery, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
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Headstone in Flat Iron Copse military cemetery, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
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Albert's headstone, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
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Flat Iron Copse Military Cemetery, image thanks to Dr Barry Blades
