Private Arthur Paxton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1888-01-20
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mr. J. Paxton, 47 Ladywell St., Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Date of death:
1915-05-08
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 51377
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bellewaerde Lake/ Frezenberg
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1595182
LAC ID:
570517
Service file: B7664-S065
Uploader's Notes: Son of James and Helen Paxton, of 255, Golfhill Drive, Glasgow, Scotland. Original overseas unit 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field April 28, 1915.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-08-26