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VC414 Frank William Baxter
BORN 29 December 1869
DIED 22 April 1896 AGE 26
VC Won 22 April 1896 AGE 26
Place VC Won Umguza, Mashonaland, Rhodesia
War/Campaign Matabele Rebellion, Rhodesia
Name Frank William Baxter No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 414 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, Bulawayo Field Force
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Trooper
Rank End Of Career Trooper
Place Of Birth Woolwich, London, England
Place Of Death Umguza, Mashonaland (now Zimbabwe)
Buried/Location Ashes Bulawayo Town Cemetery (Centenary Park Cemetery) Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. General Section 1, Grave 114
Gazetted 7 May 1897 Confirmed 15 January 1907
VC Presented Registered post to his father, Mr G Baxter, 59 Dahomey Street, Streatham, London on the 6 February 1907
Memorials
Headstone, Bulawayo Town Cemetery (Centenary Park Cemetery) Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Memorial plaque at main entrance to Centenary Park, Buawayo, Zimbabwe
Named on Matabeleland Rebellion Memorial, corner of Main Avenue and Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
By The Way…
As posthumous award wasn't made until 10 years after the event, VC is not shown on headstone
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
