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Lance Corporal WILLIAM BAXTER

Service Number: 2998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

III. G. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Baxter, of 256, Scott St., Galashiels and the late Walter Baxter.
  • Personal Inscription THEM ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM 1. THESS. CHAP. 4.V.14
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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