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Bombardier Frederick Saxton

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Parkwood area Bombardier. H.Q. 87th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Service No: 85972. Early life: Frederick was born in Keighley in 1877 and his birth was registered there in the third quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1881 census and living with his parents James Saxton aged 33 and Sarah Saxton … Read more

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Private Richard Baker

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Private, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, service no. 19992. Early life: Richard was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire in 1891 to parents William Henry and Annie Baker. His mother died in 1894 when he was just three. His father remarried to Susannah Chatburn in 1898 and in 1901 the family were living at ‘Bold Venture’ in … Read more

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