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Gunner SHANKS FLEMING BAXTER

Service Number: 1132789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

127 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Marion Fleming Baxter; husband of Jemima Baxter.
  • Personal Inscription HE BRAVELY ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL. WIFE AND BABY
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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