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NAME:                      Buxton, Leopold George
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Canadian Infantry
BATTALION ETC:             7th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         16864
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action (nissing) 24th April 1915
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 22. Born 28th February 1893 at Reading, Berks. Enlisted 23rd September 1914.
                           Son of George Searby and Mary Isabel Buxton of 362 Buxton Rd., West Burnaby, New Westminster, British Columbia.
                           In 1901 family living at 2 Hampden Road, Caversham, Berks.
                           Educated at Kendrick School, Reading, and Queen Mary's School, Basingstoke, Hants.
                           Born at Reading, England.