Basic Details
Surname
Thaxter
Forenames
George Samuel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
39439
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 2 Victoria Place, Fletton. It states he died at King George's Hospital, but omits the geographical location, and inaccurately records that he died on 2/9/1917.

(CWGC records that Private George Samuel Thaxter, regimental number 39439, died aged 26 on 4/9/1917 serving in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and is buried in grave NC.219 at Old Fletton Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the son of Elizabeth and Samuel James Thaxter of 2 Victoria Street, St Margaret's Road, Old Fletton. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Haddenham, Cambs who was living in Old Fletton when he enlisted in Huntingdon, and that he initially served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 1572 before joining the Royal Berkshire Regiment. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 4/9/1917 at King George's Hospital in London, and that his father Samuel was his legatee. George's birth was registered in Ely District in 1891. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents Samuel and Elizabeth at 5 Victoria Place , St Margaret's Road, Fletton).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Berks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
2
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 2 September 1917 [sic] at King George's Hospital"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
2 VICTORIA PLACE FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial