BRUTON Basil Vassar

  • First Name(s):
    Basil 
    Vassar 
  • Surname:
    BRUTON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th June 1918
  • Age At Death:
    39
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Boscon British Cemetery, Italy, Plot 2. Row D. Grave 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry William and Flora Emily Bruton, of Gloucester; husband of Isabel Frances Stewart Bruton, 88 London Rd., Gloucester

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BRUTON Basil Vassar Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About BRUTON Basil Vassar

Mentioned in Despatches.

Additional information on the memorial: Capt.

Basil Bruton attended Bromsgrove School from 1893 to 1897.  He was a School Monitor, Captain of the school football team (XI), a member of the school rugby team (XV) and was involved with the school orchestra.  On leaving school he took employment with the family firm of Messrs’ Bruton, Knowles and Co., Estate Agents, in Gloucester.  As well as becoming a member of the City Council and taking a prominent role in local affairs, his musical interests led to him conducting an orchestra of amateurs at charity performances and assisting at school concerts.  He was given a commission shortly after the outbreak of the war and shortly before he was killed in action on 15th June 1918 he was appointed Adjutant of his battalion.

Source for additional information: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen.

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