2nd Lieutenant William Baxter

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  • Unit - 11th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
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  • Died - 22/03/1918
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Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Son of Mrs. M. A. Baxter, of 39, Smisby Rd., Ashby-de-la-Zouch; husband of D. Baxter, of 107, Welholme Rd., Grimsby.


Coalville Times article - Friday April 5th, 1918

LOCAL CASUALTIES

Mrs Baxter, of Smisby Road, Ashby, is notified of the death in action of her second son, Lieut. William Baxter, of the Leicesters, who was originally in the Leicestershire Territorials, and served in the early part of the war as a sergeant, being subsequently granted a commission.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 9/2/2018.

Photograph supplied by A. Garford 2020

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Burial Place - Arras Memorial Bay 5
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Memorial - ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICS

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