Date of Birth
01 February, 1915
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher, Baddesley, Warwickshire
Service number
7918827
WW2 rank
Corporal
Royal Armoured Corps
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
14 February, 1943
Location of death
Farnborough, Hertfordshire
Buried/memorial
Aldershot Military Cemetery
Biography
Corporal Bernard Godfrey Haskett studied at Borough Road College from 1936 to 1938 where he was on the cricket team and was awarded half colours. After the start of WW2 Corporal Haskett left his teaching job to join the Royal Armoured Corps. While stationed in Hertfordshire he was involved in an accident and died.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Letter from Father, BRC Archives
Borough Road College 1936 Registry