BORN YORK 1882. SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN LAXTON (1855-1892) & ELLEN LIDGLEY (1857-1939), OF 17, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HARGREAVE AND ARTHUR AND ONE SISTER, DAISY.
HE MARRIED AT DERBY, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF MARTHA GOUNDRILL HOOD (1885-1977), LIVED AT 45, FLEET STREET, DERBY AND 17 , RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PRESS PRINTER. HE HAD TWO SONS, WILLIAM GOUNDRILL, BORN 20 AUGUST 1913 AND ALAN LEONARD, BORN 29 AUGUST 1915.
HE ENLISTED AT DERBY. SERVED WITH THE 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/03/1917, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
REMEMBERED BY “MOTHER, SISTER AND BROTHERS” AFTER “BEING KILLED IN ACTION ON A FAR AND DISTANT BATTLEFIELD.”
HIS WIDOW RECEIVED HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 22 SHILINGS AND ELEVEN PENCE, ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1917. SHE REMARRIED AND BECAME MRS HOOD.
