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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Baxenden (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard |
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Baxenden (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard contains 3 burials from both World Wars, - 2 from the First World War and 1 from the Second World War.
One burial is that of a soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Mike Berrell for the photographs of the headstone, the churchyard and the Church of St. John the Baptist.
The Johnson Family Headstone, which marks the burial of Private Johnson.
Photo : Mike Berrell
Private Harry Johnson. 203550. TR/7/10450 Royal Warwickshire
Regt, formerly 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Alice
Johnson, of 464, Manchester Rd., Baxenden. Died at home 26 October 1918. Aged
29.
Enlisted Accrington, Resided Baxenden.
Information from Richard Roberts, <richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>, is that
"He died in hospital at Norwich of pneumonia."
The
Johnson Family Headstone, which marks the burial of Private Johnson (Detail)
Photo : Mike Berrell
St. John the Baptist Churchyard and Church, Baxenden. Private Johnson's Headstone
in the right foreground.
Photo : Mike Berrell