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Rifleman John Baxter

 

Baxter

 

Rifleman John Baxter, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, Service No. 40854. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 2191. Son of Francis and Anna Maria Baxter, Donaghcloney, Lurgan, County Down. Killed in action on 16 August 1917 during the assault on Langemarck, part of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), aged 28. Buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, grave I.D.48. The gravestone inscription reads:

40854 RIFLEMAN

J. BAXTER

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

16TH AUGUST 1917 AGE 28

 

Image kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk.