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Military service
Service number:
3080064
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
December 25, 1882
Notts, United Kingdom
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 27.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Cooper Claxton and Martha Claxton. Descendants of his younger brothers John Gladstone Claxton live in Underwood, Notts UK and George Easter Claxton live in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. His parents are buried in Norwich, Norfolk.
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Circumstance of death
Reference Canada War Graves Register giving details of 'circumstances of casualty'. -
Grave marker
Photograph of grave Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Telegram (September 9, 1918)
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Private Charles Arthur Claxton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Claxton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Claxton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Claxton
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Claxton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS Pas de Calais, France
Fabourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, to the south of the road to Doullens.
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