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L/Cpl. Robert Samuel Baxter

British Army 1st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps

from:East Liss, Hampshire

(d.27th Oct 1914)

Robert Baxter, son of Robert and Harriett Baxter, of 7 Syers Road, East Liss, Hampshire, was born in Rathmines, Dublin. He was living in East Liss when he enlisted in Dublin. He served as a Bandsman with the 1st Battalion. Lance Corporal Baxter died at home aged 26 from sickness following wounding during the First Battle of Ypres. He is remembered in Greenwich Cemetery and is commemorated on the Great War Memorial in the front grounds of the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin.



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