Bombardier 10697 Frederick Thomas PAXTON

Bombardier 10697 Frederick Thomas Paxton{gallery}Bombardier F T Paxton{/gallery}B Battery, 110th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died of wounds in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 30th July 1916, aged 24

• Buried: Becourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave I.U.35
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Pleasant Paxton of Fulwell Cottages, Brackley, Northants
  
• Husband of Millicent Paxton [nee Higgins – now Tooth] of 6 Buckingham Road, Harlesden, London. Married Jul Qtr 1912
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Bombardier Paxton
• Becourt Military Cemetery
• Royal Field Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Oct Qtr 1892 at Fritwell, Oxfordshire
  
• Lived at Fritwell, Brackley [1911]
• Employed as a waggoner [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre 24 Sep 1915
• Frederick’s enlistment is currently the only connection we have found to North Warwickshire.