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VC698 Edward Felix Baxter
BORN 18 September 1885
DIED 18 April 1916 AGE 30
VC Won 17-18 April 1916 AGE 30
Place VC Won Near Blairville, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Edward Felix Baxter No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 698 Awards VC
Regiment King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 1/8th (Liverpool Irish) Battalion
Later King’s Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Thornleigh, 35 Hagley Road, Old Swinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death Near Blairville, France
Buried/Location Ashes Fillievres British Cemetery, 8 miles south-east of Hesdin, Pas de Calais, FrancePas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row A, Grave 10
Gazetted 26 September 1916
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow
Memorials
P Headstone, Fillievres British Cemetery, 8 miles south-east of Hesdin, Pas de Calais, FrancePas de Calais, France
Named on war memorial Liverpool Town Hall, Liverpool
P Named on war memorial outside St Marys Church, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
P Named on war memorial, Christ Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex
By The Way…
Before the war he took part in the 1910 Isle of Man TT Race but failed to finish the course
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
