Picture No | 10698460 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Tatler front cover featuring the late Basil Hallam, WW1 |
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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.
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Source | Unattributed photograph on the front cover of The Tatler, 30 August 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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