Basil Hallam
Basil Hallam, born Basil Hallam Radford (1889-1916), English actor and singer, best-known for his role of Gilbert the Filbert, Colonel of the Nuts in the 1915 revue, The Passing Show. Basil joined the Royal Flying Corps in the Army Kite Balloon Section. He died in August 1916 as his balloon drifted towards enemy lines and his parachute became entangled in the rigging
Picture No
10691477
Media ID
46098935
Size
3400px x 4943px
(1.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Foulsham and Banfield in The Bystander, 30 August 1916
Date
1916
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