EAGLEHAWK MEN ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ACTS OF VALOUR IN THE GREAT WAR

Frederick Baxter

choolteacher Frederick Baxter enlisted at the age of 22 in February 1916. He was promoted to officer and awarded the Military Cross in early August 1918 for the capture of an enemy strongpoint in fighting on the Somme. Just 21 days later, he was recommended for the Bar to his Military Cross for another brave deed involving the silencing of an enemy