Private Francis William Baxter

Army Number : 1919

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham. Son of Robert and Sarah Baxter, of 3, Duke of Wellington Yard, Newark Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. Was a general labourer. He enlisted into the militia at Chilwell 19th April 1907, then re-engaged 19th August 1912. He went to France 11th November 1914 and was killed in action 19th January 1915, aged 24, near Houplines, France.

Buried : Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 27.

Private Francis William Baxter is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.