WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 38308 59944 47432 |
Private Fred Baxter | 4th North Staffs 9th South Staffs 1st Suffolk Regt |
born 1897 |
| Service records | Attested 7/6/16: Trade: Furniture packer. Height: 5’4¼”; girth 332 (expansion 2”), weight 117 lbs. Next of Kin: Frederick Baxter, Fisher Lane, Bingham. 26/3/17 Posted 3rd Bn N Staffs 22/6/17 Posted 4th Bn N Staffs Posted to France 6th October 1917. 24/12/17 Posted Depot (UK) 2/4/18 Posted 3rd Bn N Staffs 27/8/18 Transferred 9th S Staffs (France) 2/9/18 Posted 1st S Staffs 1/8/19 transferred to 1st Suffolk Regt (Italy). 21/11/19 to reserve on demob Fred served two spells in France: 6/10/17 to 23/12/17. On 7.10.1917 the 4th battalion mobilised for war landing at Havre and transferred to the 167th Brigade of the 56th Division. On 15.11.1917 it transferred to the 106th Brigade of the 35th Division near Ypres and engaged in various actions on the Western Front. 27/8/18 to 31/7/19. The 1st Bn was involved in the battle of Cambrai (Oct 1918) and Second Battle of the Sambre (November). 12/12/17 deprived of 2 days’ pay for “falling out without permission” 15/12/17 to 64 Casualty Clearing Station with appendicitis 23/12/17 invalided to UK 24/12/17 to 14/2/18 Dane John Hospital Canterbury with appendicitis and to Lenham VAD Red Cross Hospital in Kent until 13/3/18 26/8/18 posted to Italy with 3rd Bn. S Staffs 15/10/18 FP No. 1 & forfeit 2 days’ pay for “absenting himself on the line of march about 1 pm without permission & remaining absent until reporting to his CSM at 4pm 14/10/18 1 day 15 hrs)”. 12/7/19 & 7/8/19 admitted to hospital in Taranto, Italy 1/8/19 posted to 2 (S) Coy. 1st GB [Garrison battalion?] Italy 1919 with Suffolks Demob papers gave address as Fisher Lane. |
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| 1921 | Issue Voucher for British and Victory Medals, posted from Warley Common PO to F Baxter 47432 address: 44 Mill Road, Kettering | ||
Family history etc
| Private Fred Baxter | |||
| 1897 | Born 15th December 1897 Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived in Fisher Lane with: Father: Frederick Baxter, b. 1864 Mother: Sarah, b.1864 in Clipstone Siblings: John W, b. 1886 Bingham Florence, b. 1888 Bingham George, b. 1891 Bingham Hilda, b.1893 Bingham Edith, b. 1895 Bingham Elsie, b. 1900. Bingham |
bricklayer coal porter |
George served with RFA. Click on name to learn more |
| Census 1911 | Lived in Fisher Lane with: Father: Frederick Mother: Sarah Siblings: John William Edith Elsie Arthur, b 1901 Bingham Harryb.1904 Bingham Walter, b 1907 Bingham |
Farm labourer Bricklayer railway engine stoker domestic servant |
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| 1919 | 21/11/19: Fisher Lane- demob address | ||
| 1921 | 5/8/21:Address (pension record):Medals posted to Fred at 44 Mill Rd, Kettering, Northants | ||
| Electoral Roll | 1921 - 1925 Fred (jnr) with parents Fisher Lane 1926 - 1931 Fred (jnr) with parents on Fisher Lane, with Henry and (1931) Walter (a – Absent voter) 1930 Fred (jnr) not on list |
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| 1934 FREEBMD |
June 23rd Frederick Baxter, bachelor, of Fisher Lane, married
Rebecca Carlisle, of Bingham. Children: Doreen Bingham 1934 Derek G Bingham 1939 Jun qtr |
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| 1939 Register | The Green, Car Colston Fred Baxter, b. 15 Dec 1897, married Rebecca S Baxter, b. 19 Jul 1905, married Doreen Baxter (later Kemp), b. 17 Nov 1934 Edward Baxter, b. 7 Nov 1936, |
Builder’s Labourer and ARP Warden Unpaid domestic duties Under school age Under school age |
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