7301: Basil Maurice Kear

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posted on 2024-01-12, 12:10 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Basil Maurice Kear was a 34-year-old teacher when the war broke out. Teaching was a reserved occupation, but Basil decided to join up in 1915. He served in the Worcestershire Regiment in Belgium, where he was wounded by a bomb explosion that killed his batman. He was transferred to London hospitals for 6 months before returning to the Worcestershire Regiment. He later served in the Artists Rifles (Service No. 7134).

Basil survived the war and worked as a teacher again. His skills as a cricket player served him well as the front, as he often caught hand grenades and threw them back to the German side.

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Name of contributor(s)

Dr Jane Hargest, granddaughter (maternal)

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Basil Maurice Kear

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1915-1918

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Belgium

Object(s)

Compass, officer's commission and officer's notebook.

Community Collection Day

King's High School, Warwick (08/06/18)

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Lest We Forget World War One

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CC BY-NC 4.0

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