Baxendine A R Machine Gnr 15315 1st Seaforth Highlanders
BAXENDINE, ANDREW RICHARD, Machine Gunner, No. 15315, 1st Seaforths (Garrison Battn.), Machine Gun Corps, 2nd s. of Andrew Baxendine, of 10, McLaren Road, Newington, Edinburgh, Bookseller and Publisher, 15, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Alice Mary, ary, dau. of Walker Riley, of Linthorpe; and brother to 2nd Lieut. J. Y. Baxendine (q.v.); b. Edinburgh, 27 Oct. 1896 educ. George Watson’s Boys’ College there, and on leaving there took an active part in his father’s business; enlisted 17 March, 1916; served with the Salonika Army for two and a half years without leave home, during which time he suffered from dysentery and malaria, and died in hospital at Salonika 11 Dec. 1918, from bronchial-pneumonia and malaria contracted while on active service. Buried in Kiredikoj, Hostaekoj Military Cemetery, Greece. His Chaplain wrote: “He was a good-living boy, and an example to all. I was very fond of him, and at no time did I find in him any fault either with regard to his work or character.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5