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Private JOHN WILLIAM BAXTER

Service Number: 5/3274
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Com. Cem. Mem. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baxter, of Upper Heaton, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription THESE ARE THEY WHO SHALL WALK WITH ME IN WHITE FOR THEY ARE WORTHY
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1466
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