H – Baxter – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/10/1918
Title
H – Baxter – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/10/1918
Initials / forenames
H
Surname
Baxter
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Suffolk Regiment, 12th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
7245
Railway department
Chelmsford (Goods)
Railway job
Porter
Date died
19/10/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: April 1919, p76
Memorial
Cologne Southern Cemetery
Notes
Age 30, son of Alfred Baxter of Bury St Edmund's; husband of Ada Eleanor Baxter of Pennyhouse Farm Cottage, Accrington, Lancs. He joined the GER on the 31st March 1913. He enlisted on the 5th August 1914. He died while a prisoner of war. <br /><br />The GER magazine reports date of death as 04/01/1919. Most likely this person on Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
19/09/2016
Last updated
19/09/2016
Citation
“H – Baxter – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/10/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 9, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61525.