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Pte John William Baxter

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Pte John William Baxter Veteran

Birth
Derbyshire, England
Death
7 Sep 1916 (aged 21–22)
Burial
Achiet-le-Grand, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Communal Cemetery Memorial 1.
Memorial ID
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BAXTER, JOHN WILLIAM. Private. No 5/3274. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Lived Kirkheaton. Son of Mr and Mrs John Baxter of Upper Heaton, Kirkheaton. Employed as a labourer by the London and North Western Railway Company. Attended Upper Heaton Wesleyan Church. Enlisted in August, 1914, and embarked for France in April, 1915. Died of wounds, 7.9.1916, aged 21 years.

Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Communal Cemetery Memorial 1.
ROH:- Huddersfield Drill Hall; London and North Western Railway Company Roll
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BAXTER, JOHN WILLIAM. Private. No 5/3274. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Lived Kirkheaton. Son of Mr and Mrs John Baxter of Upper Heaton, Kirkheaton. Employed as a labourer by the London and North Western Railway Company. Attended Upper Heaton Wesleyan Church. Enlisted in August, 1914, and embarked for France in April, 1915. Died of wounds, 7.9.1916, aged 21 years.

Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Communal Cemetery Memorial 1.
ROH:- Huddersfield Drill Hall; London and North Western Railway Company Roll

Gravesite Details

Private, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died of wounds. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baxter, of Upper Heaton, Kirkheaton, Hu ddersfield. Age 21.


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  • Maintained by: J. C. Clark
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56388581/john_william-baxter: accessed ), memorial page for Pte John William Baxter (1894–7 Sep 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56388581, citing Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).