Thursday 4th May 2017 was the 100th anniversary of the death of Ann’s grandfather, Frank George Basdell (1879-1917). He was a regular soldier who had been fighting in WW1 and he drowned when the troop carrier, SS Transylvania, was torpedoed off the Ligurian coast near Savona. To mark this date members of the extended “Basdell” family were meeting in Savona and would be joining Italians there to mark this date.

From Ann’s diary: