Family register
Basil Patrick Ackland
1915–1944probable
- World War II
World War IIBasil Patrick Ackland (1915 – 7 August 1944) was born in London, England to Ruth Izod Ackland and Sydney Norman Ackland. He died in 1944, in Bayeux Memorial, Normandy, France.
Early life
Basil Patrick Ackland was born in London in 1915.[1] He was a son of Ruth Izod Ackland and Sydney Norman Ackland.[1][3] He had a much younger brother.[1] Compiled records differ on his middle name, giving Patrick or Norman, and on his birth year, giving 1915 or 1916.[1][2][3] He was known as “Paddy”.[4]
Military service and death
A Find a Grave memorial records the death of Lieutenant Basil Norman Ackland on 7 August 1944.[3] It gives his burial place as the Bayeux Memorial in Normandy, France.[3]