BAXTER Alexander Carnegie Lieut

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Surname: BAXTER;

Forename(s): Alexander Carnegie;

Initials: AC;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 6 of;

Previous Regiment: Sco Rif;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 154 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 17-Apr-1917;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was sent forward with his guns to consolidate a certain position. Whilst advancing he discovered that a great portion of the line was still occupied by the enemy. He at once consolidated just short of the line. His foresight enabled him to occupy the line later on.;

Other Data: MC presented to recipient's father, Mr A Baxter, by King George V, at Ibrox Park, Glasgow on 18/9/1917 - see OMRS Journal Vol 43, No1;

Other Notes: BAXTER, Lieutenant, A C, MC, 6th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd, 154th Coy Machine Gun Corps. 17th April 1917. Age 26. Son of Andrew Baxter, of Wemyss Park, Coatbridge. I. F. 2. St. Nicolas British Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.
MC: LG 18/7/1917 (NB: Scottish Rifles, but a "machine gun" action, and almost certainly "attached"- Disk Ed.);

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