Lance Sergeant J D Baskeyfield VC by Terence Cuneo [Print]

Artist: Terence Cuneo [browse all Terence Cuneo]

Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm)    

During the Battle at Arnhem, Lance Sgt. Baskeyfield (2nd Bt. South Staffordshire Reg.) with all his crew dead or wounded, he continued to man the the 6-pounder alone, until it was put out of action, he then crawled (with a shattered leg) to another undamaged 6-pounder and fired two shots knocking out an advancing self-propelled gun, seconds later he was killed. He was awarded, posthumously, the Victoria Cross.