BAXTER Phyllis

Daughter of Tom Harry and Alice Baxter, of Congleton.

Phyllis Baxter was born in Lancashire on the 28th September 1914, the second daughter of Tom and Alice (nee Howarth) Baxter who had married in 1911. The couple had a son, Kenneth, born in 1921 and two more daughters, Barbara born in 1924 and Gloria born in 1927.

According to a passenger list for the ship Araguaya, on the 5th August 1921, Tom, Alice and their 3 children, (Ada) May, Phyllis and baby Kenneth sailed from England bound for Brazil. Tom was a chemist and their last place of residence in England was 22 Joseph Street, Littleborough. After living in Brazil for 9 months the family arrived in Liverpool on the 12th May 1922, their intended place of residence given as 8 Mount Avenue, Littleborough.

By 1939 Phyllis was living with her parents and 3 younger siblings at Mill Lane, Dane-in-Shaw, Congleton. Tom was the Managing Director of a Fabric Print Works and a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service; Phyllis was employed as a typist and was a member of Congleton Red Cross.

Phyllis died on the 8th May 1943, possibly from illness contracted whilst working as a nurse at the military hospital in Davyhulme, Manchester. Her gravestone in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Mossley, Cheshire simply records that she ‘died in the service of her country’.

Phyllis Baxter
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