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William Baxter

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Williams Pension Record, (image courtesy of Gary Thomson)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 9550
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 16.06.1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 24 & 26

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 64 Polepark Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Annie Donaldson

  • Children:

More about William Baxter

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial. Williams real name was William Baxter Donaldson, but served as William Baxter.

William Baxter Donaldson   9550   Black Watch

DONALDSON― Killed in action, on the 16th inst., Private William Baxter Donaldson, (9550), 1st Black Watch, beloved husband of Anna Lindsay.

Dundee People’s Journal 26th June 1915

Additional information supplied by Gary Thomson and Michael Caldwell

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