John Samuel Baxter
He was a railway porter in 1939.
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He was the son of Samuel and Fanny Baxter and the brother of Dennis, Sydney, Edward, Brian and Frederick Baxter of 6, Ivy Cottages, Barnstone, Nottinghamshire.
John Samuel Baxter was lost aboard LST305 due to enemy action. She was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-230 during Operation Shingle, near Anzio, 20 February 1944, sinking the next day.
HMS LST-305 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.
LST-305 was laid down on 24 July 1942, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1942.
During World War II, LST-305 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theatre. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy, from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year. (Wikipedia)
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