Gordon Pritchard Baxter
Gordon Pritchard Baxter (1907-1932)
1911 Living at 141 Church Lane, Handsworth: Frederick Baxter (age 54 born Bromsgrove), Bolt, Screw and Rivet Maker - Employer. With his wife Annie Louisa Baxter (age 41 born Hitchen) and their two children Ada Beatrice Baxter (age 11 born Birmingham) and Gordon Pritchard Baxter (age 4 born Handsworth).[1]
1928 Ulster Grand Prix. Listed as a competitor. Gordon P. Baxter. (Rudge Whitworth).[2]
1932 March 29th. Died. Of White House, Four-Oaks Road, Sutton Coldfield.
1932 Obituary.[3]
GORDON BAXTER. There has been a tragic sequel to the Easter Monday motor-cycle races at Donington Park, near Derby. Gordon Baxter, aged 26. of White House, Four Oaks, who was involved in an accident during the races, died yesterday in the Derby Royal infirmary.
SPEED WOBBLE. He had a speed wobble while leading in his heat in the 500 c.c. class, and crashed into a tree. Baxter, who received Injury to his bark and spine in the crash, was joint holder of the lap record at Donington Park.
He was best known in Birmingham motor-cycling circles as a dirt-track rider, and was one of the "Big Six" at the Perry Barr Speedway three years ago.
His earliest dirt-track experience was at Blackpool, and he later rode on the Wolverhampton track, where he was particularly successful.
PERRY BARR SUCCESSES. His successes at Perry Barr included victories over such experienced racers as Roger Frogley and Mart Seiffert, and he was the winner of the "News of the World " Belt in 1929 when he newly broke the Crystal Palace track record. Off the dirt track, Baxter had shone considerably in road-racing and other events, competing with distinction in various Midland events as a private owner, and he was also a competitor in the Belgian and Lister Grand Prix races.
He was not merely a rider, but had built up a thorough knowledge, through his experience, of motor-cycle engines - a knowledge backed by many years of practical repair work and "tuning."