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WHITLEY BAY

Baxter, C., Pte., 1916

Menin Gate

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/07/1919

On the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial is the name of 4656 Private Charles Baxter, serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers who died 07/08/1916.

The Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/07/1919 reports:

“Pte. Charles Baxter, 1/5th N.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baxter, 4 Helene Avenue, Whitley Bay, missing since Aug. 7th, 1916, is now presumed dead.”


Rockcliffe Remembers
The CWGC entry for Private Baxter

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