Frank Baxter

A Private  with 1st Bn., Frank died on 4th of September 1916 at the age of 21. 

Frank was born at Lowestoft in 1894, a son of Frederick and Harriet Sarah Baxter. He was baptised at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 6 January 1895 and his family lived at 41 Lawson Road. By 1901 they were living at 19 Cleveland Road, and this was still their home in 1911 when Frank worked as a stonemason's apprentice. Later his parents lived at Burleigh, Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft. 

Frank enlisted in the Army at Norwich. He joined the Norfolk Regiment and was posted to the 1st Battalion in France.  

On 4 September 1916 the 1st Battalion made an attack on Falfemont Farm, near Ginchy, Somme, France. Their attack was handicapped because the French troops, on their right, were unable to leave their trenches. The Battalion was subject to withering machine-gun fire and their attacks failed but, through combined efforts with other British infantry units, the farm was taken on 5 September. The Battalion had the following casualties on 4 September:
Officers: seven killed and seven wounded
Other ranks: 50 killed, 212 wounded and 94 missing.

Frank was reported missing on 4 September and by April 1917 it was concluded that he had been killed in action on that day.