BORN HULL 1879. SON OF HENRY BAXTER (1851-1911) & MARY HANNAH SKELTON (1853-1929), OF 31, EXMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 44, GRANVILLE STREET AND 6, ROLAND AVENUE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, THAT LIVED AROUND THE NEWLAND AREA OF HULL HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCKS. MANAGER OF A HIGH CLASS FISH AND GAME DEALER, IN BRADFORD.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 65554, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 40TH LABOUR CORPS. HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL, ON 09/08/1917, AGED 38. HE HAD PLANNED TO BE MARRIED LATER IN THE YEAR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/09/1917. *
HE WAS ONE OF FIVE SONS SERVING IN THE WAR. TWO HAD ALREADY BEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, ONE GASSED, THE OTHER RECOVERING FROM TRENCH FEVER. ANOTHER SON, JOINS THE ARMY IN A FEW WEEKS, THE OTHER IS SERVING OUT OF LIVERPOOL, WITH THE MERCHANT NAVY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. BOULEVARD, WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD FREDERICK BAXTER, 2/5TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE PIONEERS, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1917, AGED 34.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ST JOHNS CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWLANDS, HULL
