Lieutenant John Edward Baxter

Service Number 302255


Campaign:

World War 2


Died:

16.10.1944

1SG
KIA Aged 19
Buried at Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. I, C, 7
Son of Lt.-Col. Noel Edward Baxter and Evelyn Mary Baxter, of Largoward, Fife

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
England Eton College In the Cloisters Eton SL6 6DB England Eton College War Memorial World War 1
World War 2
John Baxter 16-10-1944 View
Scotland Maxwelton Chapel off the B729 East of Kirkland near Moniaive Nithsdale Dumfries And Galloway DG3 4DX Maxwelton Chapel World War 2
John Baxter 16-10-1944 View

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