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Charles Stuart Baxter

In memory of:

Corporal Charles Stuart Baxter

October 18, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

77615

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information

Only son of Charles Stuart and Elinor M. Baxter, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 34.

Location:

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 977 of 1058.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 977 of 1058.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 25, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y169uvic#page/n9/mode/1up.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of June 25, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y169uvic#page/n9/mode/1up.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y280uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y280uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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