BORN HULL, 1879. SON OF HENRY AND MARY BAXTER., OF 31, EXMOUTH STREET, HULL (BROTHER ARMY ADDRESS)
HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED DURING THE SOMME OFFENSIVE, IN 1916. INVALIDIED TO CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL. HE WAS FEATURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/08/1916. *
RETURNED TO THE FRONT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918. DETAILS FROM SOLDIER’S DIED RECORDS.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ELLEN TOWNEND, AT 3, ROSE TERRACE, ALFRED STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE SON, RICHARD, BORN, ON 16/11/1903.
HIS BROTHER, HAROLD FRED BAXTER, SERVED WITHTHE 9TH NORTH STAFFS, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1917, aged 34
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
201174
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
36
3, ROSE TERRACE, ALFRED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
