Private Harold Ernest Baxter

Army Number : 241793

Battalion : 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire. Son of Abraham and Sarah Ann Baxter, of 8, Midland Cottages, Wigston Magna. He was a shoe hand prior to enlisting at Leicester. He was killed in action, 29th June 1917, aged 23, whilst serving in the line at Beaucamp, France.

Buried Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, France. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 13.

Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension.

Private Harold Ernest Baxter is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
All Saints Church War Memorial, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire.