H – Baxter – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/10/1918

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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.