Baxter, Henry

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALBERT HUTCHINSON & FLORENCE ELLEN BAXTER, OF 136, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. EX RECKITTS WORKER.

HIS WIFE, AMY & 2 CHILDREN LIVED AT 136, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/09/1918, AGED 31.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE ROLL OF HONOUR. BURIED AT UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS MEMORY IS PRECIOUS TO HIS LOVED ONES AT HOME”

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON AS WILLIAM HENRY BAXTER ON THE RECKITTS WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.


First name:
HENRY
Military Number:
174849
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
30/09/1918
Place died:
UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
31
136, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK