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L/Cpl. Christopher Henry Baxter
British Army 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Lenton, Lincolnshire
(d.14th Aug 1918)
Christopher Henry Baxter was my maternal grand-father. Born in 1891, in Lenton, a small village between Bourne and Grantham in Lincolnshire. One of six children to Charles William Baxter and Sarah Jane (nee Bradford).
Christopher enlisted in Bourne. He married Alice Horsman in the 2nd quarter of 1915. Alice was pregnant with their child when Christopher died of wounds in August 1918. A daughter was born in 1919, and was named Alice Cambrai Baxter, in honour of Christopher, and The Battle of Cambrai. I can only assume that the wounds were from the Cambrai battle. Exactly what involvement Christopher had in The Battle of Cambrai,(if any) and what significance this particular battle had, was never revealed by my Grand-mother, even after re-marrying, and having a further 3 children (one being my mother ). WW1 and Christopher were never mentioned, except hints that he was a hero? I too, was named after Christopher.
I am very proud to be a descendant of a WW1 soldier, and would dearly love to have more information on Christopher. I don`t even have a photograph of him.
