Patricia was one of four children born to William Bertram Jacob Baxter and Bessie Victoria Baxter nee Baum. She was born in West Ham, London and in 1939 the family moved to Paignton, Devon where Jacob was employed as an insurance broker.
Prior to the war Patricia was employed as a secretary in Torquay. She served her country as Aircraftwoman 2nd Class in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, service number 2141264 and had been enlisted in the WAAF for only 5 weeks when she was killed in action at RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea.
The Sunday Mirror of March 7th 1943 reported the following:
Bomb Ends Love Story
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed, the war will end one day." These were the last words written by 19 year old WAAF Patricia Baxter to her parents and Hannah, her childhood nurse, of Mansfield Rod, Ilfracombe.
The same night a bomb hit Pat's billet in South Wales. She was one of three killed. Just before last Christmas her sweetheart, now Sergeant-Pilot Roy Bond, came home from Canada, and they became engaged."
Patricia was entitled to be awarded the British WW2 medals.
Remembered in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Prior to the war Patricia was employed as a secretary in Torquay. She served her country as Aircraftwoman 2nd Class in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, service number 2141264 and had been enlisted in the WAAF for only 5 weeks when she was killed in action at RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea.
The Sunday Mirror of March 7th 1943 reported the following:
Bomb Ends Love Story
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed, the war will end one day." These were the last words written by 19 year old WAAF Patricia Baxter to her parents and Hannah, her childhood nurse, of Mansfield Rod, Ilfracombe.
The same night a bomb hit Pat's billet in South Wales. She was one of three killed. Just before last Christmas her sweetheart, now Sergeant-Pilot Roy Bond, came home from Canada, and they became engaged."
Patricia was entitled to be awarded the British WW2 medals.
Remembered in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Patricia was one of four children born to William Bertram Jacob Baxter and Bessie Victoria Baxter nee Baum. She was born in West Ham, London and in 1939 the family moved to Paignton, Devon where Jacob was employed as an insurance broker.
Prior to the war Patricia was employed as a secretary in Torquay. She served her country as Aircraftwoman 2nd Class in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, service number 2141264 and had been enlisted in the WAAF for only 5 weeks when she was killed in action at RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea.
The Sunday Mirror of March 7th 1943 reported the following:
Bomb Ends Love Story
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed, the war will end one day." These were the last words written by 19 year old WAAF Patricia Baxter to her parents and Hannah, her childhood nurse, of Mansfield Rod, Ilfracombe.
The same night a bomb hit Pat's billet in South Wales. She was one of three killed. Just before last Christmas her sweetheart, now Sergeant-Pilot Roy Bond, came home from Canada, and they became engaged."
Patricia was entitled to be awarded the British WW2 medals.
Remembered in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Prior to the war Patricia was employed as a secretary in Torquay. She served her country as Aircraftwoman 2nd Class in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, service number 2141264 and had been enlisted in the WAAF for only 5 weeks when she was killed in action at RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea.
The Sunday Mirror of March 7th 1943 reported the following:
Bomb Ends Love Story
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed, the war will end one day." These were the last words written by 19 year old WAAF Patricia Baxter to her parents and Hannah, her childhood nurse, of Mansfield Rod, Ilfracombe.
The same night a bomb hit Pat's billet in South Wales. She was one of three killed. Just before last Christmas her sweetheart, now Sergeant-Pilot Roy Bond, came home from Canada, and they became engaged."
Patricia was entitled to be awarded the British WW2 medals.
Remembered in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
PATRICIA. IN LOVING MEMORY OF ACW PATRICIA BAXTER WAAF KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 16 FEBRUARY 1943 AGED 19. DEEPLY MOURNED AND SADLY MISSED BY HER SORROWING PARENTS, BROTHER, SISTERS, HANNAH, RELATIVES AND A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. GOD REST HER DEAR SOUL IN EVERLASTING PEACE.
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