Jasper joined up on the outbreak of war in 1939 and served with his regiment in North Africa, which was equipped with Valentine infantry tanks, where he was to lose his life at the age of 21 on Tuesday 25^th November 1941.  He is buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt.

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From mud, through blood, to the green fields beyond’

Son of Julian Baring-Gould & Elizabeth Joan Baring-Gould of Broadway, Dorset: brother of Benjamin Gordon Baring-Gould¹ [1918-41]

1. Benjamin was the Pilot Officer of Tiger Moth T7160 of No2 Elementary Flying Training School. His aircraft hit high tension wires and crashed into Diglis Weir, Worcester. Benjamin was killed in the crash, however his pupil, L/A J Thompson survived.

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Revised: October 2025