Notts Free Press - 5th May 1916
BUXTON G. G.
George Gershom Buxton
Private 12132
2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Notts Free Press - 5th May 1916
George Gershom Buxton died on Tuesday 20 October 1914, aged 27, and was commemorated on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
He was born on 16th May 1888 on Mount Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. His parents were Walter Buxton and Laura (formerly Cupit) who married at St Thomas, Nottingham in August 1886. Around 1892/3 Walter Buxton later became the Landlord of the Newcastle Arms in Sutton, where he stayed until around 1912 when he moved to Ilkeston.
Notts Free Press - 5th May 1916
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Buxton, Private George Gershom, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
Buxton G. G. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Enlisted at Derby (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 12132, killed in action, France & Flanders 20th October 1914.
Researched by Heather Faulkes
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