Gerald Arthur Paxton

Lieutenant, 17 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Formerly of the Royal Sussex Regiment. No. 17 Squadron was based in Macedonia, and at the time of Lieutenant Paxton's death was engaged in reconnaissance and artillery spotting on the Bulgarian border Gerald was born in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, the son of Alfred Reed Paxton and Ada J. Paxton. His mother is named as his guardian in the school Register, as his father, who had 'managed a cycle depot' in Thornaby, had died young in the mid-1890s. He had an older sister Elizabeth who in 1911 taught at a local council school. He had attended Coatham Council School before winning a Foundation Scholarship to attend Coatham Grammar School Redcar in September 1905, he left after only 3 terms. His family lived at 3 Lobster Road, Redcar when he joined the school. In 1911 he lived at 75 Queen Street, Coatham and worked as a bank clerk at the National Provincial Bank. His mother had moved to Claude Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough at the time of Gerald's death. of 'Glenmonti,' Claude Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorks