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.

Name Henry Baxter
Residence Hull, Yorks
Death Date 30 Sep 1918
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Ripon
Rank Gunner
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number 174849
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre

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