The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private M Luxton

Private Mark LUXTON, TF/241233, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Belgium, 4th October 1917, age 23.

Born Merton, Devon, son of Samuel and Alice Mary Luxton, of Higheridge, Merton, Dolton, North Devon.

1911 Census - Highridge, Merton, Dolton R.S.O, , Devon - Samuel Luxton, head, age 48, married, farm labourer, worker, born Devonshire County; Alice Luxton, wife, age 45, married 28 years, 10 children, all still alive, Merton Parish; Samuel Luxton, son, age 21, single, horseman on farm, worker, born Merton, Devon; Mark Luxton, son, age 16, single, farm labourer, worker, born Merton, Devon; Ernest Luxton, son, age 14, school, born Merton, Devon; Lawrence Luxton, son, age 12, school, born Merton, Devon; Stanley John Luxton, son, age 7, born Merton, Devon; Alice Mary Luxton, daughter, age 9, born Merton, Devon.

Enlisted Barnstaple, Devon. Resided Dalton, Devon.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Belgium & Merton, Devon War Memorial.

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