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Samuel Paxton

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Samuel Paxton

November 4, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

670070

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

August 28, 1884

Commemorated on Page 483 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ONNAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

In South-West part.

Location:

Onnaing Communal Cemetery contains ten Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • War Memorial– Samuel Paxton, aged 16, was living at 2 Murlough Upper, near Newcastle, Co. Down, in 1901, but the family was not there in 1911. A Samuel Thomas Paxton was born in Closkelt, in the Ballyward district in August 1884. A Samuel Paxton (Irish, aged 27) emigrated to Canada in November 1911 on the 'Virginian'. It is very likely that he is the S. Paxton who served with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, won the Military Medal, and was KIA on 4th November 1918 (he would have been 34).

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    War Memorial – Samuel Paxton, aged 16, was living at 2 Murlough Upper, near Newcastle, Co. Down, in 1901, but the family was not there in 1911. A Samuel Thomas Paxton was born in Closkelt, in the Ballyward district in August 1884. A Samuel Paxton (Irish, aged 27) emigrated to Canada in November 1911 on the 'Virginian'. It is very likely that he is the S. Paxton who served with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, won the Military Medal, and was KIA on 4th November 1918 (he would have been 34).
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– This clipping id's Samuel differently then in the other clipping. The family may have better knowledge of which brother is which. Since the other clipping is earlier and of a single person it may be correct. From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – This clipping id's Samuel differently then in the other clipping. The family may have better knowledge of which brother is which. Since the other clipping is earlier and of a single person it may be correct. From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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