Surname |
Buxton |
Forename/s |
Harold |
Rank |
Private |
Service Number |
2859 |
DOB |
1887 at Clay Cross |
Address |
19, Bridge Street, New
Tupton |
Date & place of
death/details |
28/7/1915. Aged 29
Died of wounds - wounded in the neck by a
sniper. |
Regiment &
Unit |
2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) |
Service details |
France & Flanders |
Military
Awards? |
|
Married?
Children? |
Married to Augusta Buxton
(nee Damen) |
Any
photographs? |
Derbyshire Times.
31/5/15 & 7/8/1915 Derbyshire Courier 31/7/1915 |
Derbyshire
Times Obituary & Derbyshire Courier. |
|
Parents names |
Mr Charles & Mrs Mary Buxton |
Parents address |
202, Furnace Hill, Clay
Cross |
Grave location
or memoria location |
Buried at Boulogne
Eastern Cemetery, France V111.B.67 |
Living
relatives? |
|
Any other
information? |
He enlisted in October
1914, and arrived in France on the 28 February
1915. Died at No. 13 General
Hospital, Boulogne, Pre war occupation was an
iron moulder for the Clay Cross Company. He
had 2 brothers who were also in the army. In
1916 Augusta Buxton remarried, to Mr George
Sealey. |
Campaign Medals: |
1914/15 Star
|
|
Victory Medal
|
|
British War Medal
|
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