Basic Details
Surname
Paxton
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
19352
Notes
Died during the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. His body was never found, but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, the memorial to the missing of the Somme, which bears the names of over 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
23
Age at death
28
Manner of death as stated
Killed in Action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action