Tatler front cover featuring the late Basil Hallam, WW1
The late Captain Basil Hallam Radford on the front cover of The Tatler. 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 with Elsie Janis. 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
10698460
Media ID
46101330
Size
3300px x 5622px
(1.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph on the front cover of The Tatler, 30 August 1916
Date
1916
