Frank William Baxter
Trooper, Bulawayo Field Force
- Register No.
- 63 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Trooper all Troopers →
- Unit
- Bulawayo Field Force all Bulawayo Field Force VCs →
- Date of action
- 22 April 1896 on this day → all of 1896 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Matabeleland Rebellion
- London Gazette
- 7th May 1897 and 15th January 1907 on this day → all of 1897 →
- Born
- 29th December 1869 at Woolwich, London
- Died
- 22nd April 1896 in Matabeleland
- Memorial / grave
- grave in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and also on the Matabeleland Rebellion Memorial, at Bulaway
Digest of citation
On 22nd April 1896 near Bulawayo, South Africa, trooper Baxter gave up his horse to a wounded comrade who was being hotly pursued by an overwhelming force of the enemy. The trooper then tried to escape on foot, hanging on to the stirrup leather half one of the scouts of the Bulawayo Field Force, until he was hit in the side, whereupon he had to let go of the stirrup and was killed and a few moments later
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BAXTER, Frank William. (Reg. No. 63)
Trooper Bulawayo Field Force.
London Gazetted on 7th May 1897 and 15th January 1907..
Born on 29th December 1869 at Woolwich, London.
Died on 22nd April 1896 in Matabeleland.
Memorial at grave in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and also on the Matabeleland Rebellion Memorial, at Bulaway.
Digest of Citation reads: On 22nd April 1896 near Bulawayo, South Africa, trooper Baxter gave up his horse to a wounded comrade who was being hotly pursued by an overwhelming force of the enemy. The trooper then tried to escape on foot, hanging on to the stirrup leather half one of the scouts of the Bulawayo Field Force, until he was hit in the side, whereupon he had to let go of the stirrup and was killed and a few moments later.
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