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Military service
Service number:
129789
Age:
37
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1879
Scotland
Enlistment:
Merritt, British Columbia
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 33.
Additional information
Husband of Elizabeth Baxter, of Merritt, British Columbia. Native of Scotland.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Baxter
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Grave Marker
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War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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