Remembering World War II

Baxter Prescott Humby

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave

Baxter Prescott Humby Private F/36426 North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C. July 23, 1926 Sydney, Nova Scotia November 24, 1943 Halifax NS Sydney, NS 17 5 feet 10 ½ inches Gray Brown Single Steel worker United Church Hezekieh Humby (father) Sydney, NS March 26, 1945 18 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands XVII. G. 4. Commemorated on Page 526 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 6 Baxter Prescott Humby was the son of Hezekiah Humby and of Annie Jane (Russell) Humby of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Two brothers, Herbert and Samson, also served during WWII. Prior to his enlistment he was employed as a labourer at the Dominion Steel and Coal Co., in Sydney, NS. Private Humby completed his basic training at No. 60 CABTC Yarmouth and advanced training at Camp Aldershot, NS. The military appraised him as a quiet mannered soldier of superior learning ability. He completed training as a Driver Mechanic. He served in Canada between November 24, 1943, and December 18, 1944, in the United Kingdom between December 19, 1944, and February 9, 1945. He served in Northwest Europe from February 10, 1945, until his death on March 26, 1945. Killed in action during flighting along the Rhine, Private Humby was initially buried in a temporary cemetery, approximately three miles north-west of Rees, Germany. In 1946 his remains were re-buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands