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L/Bmbdr. Arthur Baker
British Army 123rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Cowley, Oxfordshire
(d.15th Oct 1918)
Pte. Arthur Baker
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Essex
(d.3rd May 1917)
Arthur Baker served with the 2nd Essex Regiment. I understand he was lost without trace. He worked with horses and animals, which he hated! He had a nephew named after him in 1925.
Pte Bert George Baker
British Army 2nd/4th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Mangoesfield, Bristol
(d.18th April 1918)
Bert Baker is interred in the St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery at Robecq.
Pte. Bertie Baker
British Army 5th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Tiverton
From the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 7th of January 1916: "Pte. Bertie Baker, of the Welsh Borderers, son of Mr Baker, of Prospect Place, Tiverton, writing home from the firing line, describes the scenes in and around the trenches in the locality in which he was placed during Christmastide. "The bursting of shells", he says, "lighted up the country for miles around, and I expect the Germans thought the end of the world had come. We are sending over thousands of shells every day, and for every twenty we fire across the Germans reply with two or three. It is evident the Kaiser intends to fight until he has not a man left, but as for peace, there are no signs of it." Pte. Baker then gives the menu for Christmas Day. They had for breakfast fried bacon and bread and butter; for dinner, roast beef, carrots and potatoes, oranges, apples and chocolate. Afterwards they received 15 packets of Woodbines and two packets of tobacco, a shirt and pants, two pairs of socks, handkerchief, gloves and scarves. For tea, they had cake and biscuits and bread and butter."
Cpl. C. Baker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Arklow, Co. Wicklow
(d.6th Feb 1919)
Corporal C. Baker is buried in the Arklow Cemetery, Co. Wicklow.
Lt. Cecil Avery "Muddy" Baker MC.
British Army 1st Battalion Soy=uth Wales Borderers
from:
I never met my great grandfather, Cecil Baker, as he died the year I was born. But the whole family talk about what a great man he was. He went out with the B.E.F. in August 1914, he kept a scrap book full of newspaper clippings of his time in the Army, mainly his rugby career, where he raised and trained the battlion rugby team, winning the army cup on four consecutive years, in 1913 he became the first gentleman cadet from Sandhurst to play for the army.
Pte. Charles Reginald Baker
British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Wantage
(d.16th Aug 1917)
L/Cpl. Christopher Baker
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Christopher Baker was born in Curragh Camp, County Kildare, and lived in Dublin. He enlisted in Naas, County Kildare. The 9th Battalion were part of the 16th Division and fought in the Third Battle of Ypres from June to November 1917. Christopher Baker was killed in action near Ypres on the first day of the Battle of Langemarck, and he is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Pnr. Clement George Baker
British Army British War Dog School Corps of Royal Engineers
(d.27th Oct 1918)
Clement Baker was born in Malahide, County Dublin, at the time of his enlistment he lived in Saint-Louis de ÂPoissy, France. He enlisted in Southampton, Hampshire. Before joining the Royal Engineers he was 261463, Royal Field Artillery. He died at home from wounds, and is buried in South Shoebury (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Essex.
Pte. E. J. Baker
Australian Imperial Force 42nd Btn.
(d.11th Jun 1917)
Pte. Edmund W Baker
British Army 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
(d.16th May 1918)
Pte. Edward Felix Baker
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Pte. Edwin Horace Baker
British Army 2nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Loughborough
QMS Ernest William Baker
Australian Imperial Force 20th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.14th May 1918)
Ernest William Baker was born in 1884 in London, England and worked as a wholesale butcher and cook before the outbreak of the First World War. He was 30 years old when he arrived in Australia.
At the time he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, he was 31 years old and had previously served with the Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit). Baker was assigned to the 20th Infantry Battalion and departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Berrima on 9th August 1915. William Baker died on 14th May 1918 and is buried at Querrieu British Cemetery, France.
Rflmn Ernest Audley Baker
British Army 6th Btn. London Regiment
from:23 Holland Road, London
L/Cpl. Felix Benjamin Baker
British Army 9th Battalion The Rifle Brigade
from:Willesden Green, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
Felix Baker was demoted from Lance-Corporal, the family story is that it was punishment for losing his rifle in the trenches. After fighting on the Somme the regiment fought in the battle of Arras, Felix was wounded attacking towards Cherisy and Vis en Artois. His body was never recovered but his name appears on the memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens cemetery. The family history is that he was wounded and taken to an assembly point to await transportation to a field hospital but that a shell destroyed the assembly area, leaving no trace of any of the men. He died on his mother's birthday.
Felix Baker was the elder brother of my Grandfather Claude, who also served in the First World War but survived with a leg wound.
Cpl. Frank Baker MM, DSM.
British Army 10th (Hull) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull, Yorkshire
Frank Baker was my grandfather., he was assigned to the 10th (1st Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was subsequently attached to the 92nd Trench Mortar Battery, 31st Division. I have a record of him being treated at the No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station for synovitis of the knee after having spent 9 months in the field. Transferred from sick convoy on 4/1/1917, discharged back to duty on 10/1 1917.
He participated in the actions at Dullens Citadel (19/6/16 to 13/8/16), Gezaincourt (14/8/16 to 9/10/16), and Varennes (10/10/16 to 14/5/17). He was awarded the Military Medal for the part he played helping to delay the German advance at the Battle of the Lys. On the 12th of April 1918, his battalion was fighting a rearguard action, and a party was detailed to hold up the Germans until the battalion placed itself in a stronger position. The movement was carried out successfully. Corporal Baker was with 2nd Lt. Montgomery, who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions that day. They were the only two left in the party. It was a great and glorious deed in which Corporal Baker played a very worthy part. Lord Mayor Presentation of MM to Corporal Baker [clipping from Hull Mail] . Finally, although completely surrounded by the Germans, 2nd Lt. Montgomery and Cpl. Baker were able to make it back to their own lines.
Later that year he had another lucky escape. He was witnessing a demonstration on anti-aircraft firing using the Stokes 3 inch mortar, the weapon which the unit used. 2nd Lt. Montgomery was also present. During the demonstration, a mortar shell exploded prematurely killing several people including the commanding officer, Capt. D. Oakes. My grandfather was standing 3 feet behind the man conducting the demonstration (Sgt. F.J. Russell), who was killed when the shell he was placing in the mortar exploded, but whose body shielded the brunt of the blast from my grandfather.
Spr. Frederick William Baker
British Army 483th (1st East Anglian) Field Coy Royal Engineers
from:Bedford
Flt.Lt. Frederick Baker MID and Bar.
Royal Flying Corps 54 Squadron
from:London
Spr. Frederick George Baker
British Army Royal Engineers
According to Sapper Frederick Baker's Medal Rolls Index Card and his Service Medal and Award Roll, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service in the Great War. There is no mention of which theatre he served in per either document. A thorough search for his service record or pension record was unsuccessful, it is quite possible that his records were among those destroyed during the Second World War. Subsequently, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal during the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Pte. Frederick A. Baker
British Army 16th (St Pancras Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.Oct 1916)
My Grandfather, Charles Turner, of the Royal West Surrey Regiment, had his photo taken with this person in civvies before the war. I found the photo in my mother's photo album with details on the back. Pte F A Baker, No 32, 16th St Pancras Rifles attached to MGC killed in action Oct 1916. My grandfather was also from St Pancras and was wounded on 3rd of July 1916 and invalided home. I would love to find out more about F.A Baker. He may be a relative of mine or just a close friend of my grandfather's.
Spr. George Alexander Baker
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
Gnr. George William Baker
British Army 269 Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Pte. George Baker
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Donnybrook, County Dublin
(d.2nd Sep 1918)
George Baker was born in Donnybrook, County Dublin and lived there at the time of enlistment. He was killed in action west of Wulverghemin, Flanders, and is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery.
Pte. George Baker
British Army 20th Btn. London Regiment
from:Pimlico, London
George Baker served with the 20th Battalion, London Regiment.
Sig. H. Baker
British Army 2/2nd Btn. London Regiment
H Baker was invalided from France 6th of Oct 1917. In Carmarthen Red Cross Hospital on 27th of Nov 1917 he wrote a Poem and autograph in recently found grandmother's diary.
Lt. H. H. Baker
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Lt Baker was a POW at Dulmen in the Rhine and also at Holzminden in Brunswick. While in Dulmen an escape attempt earned him seven weeks in solitary confinement at Holzminden where he had been sent after recapture.
Pte. Harry Baker
from: 73 Elm St, Aberbargoed
(d.9th Oct 1918)
Harry Baker was my great uncle and as he was single, not much is known of him. He was only posted to France very shortly before he died, and the war ended shortly after, so its a great shame. He served with the South Wales Borderers and the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. One day I'd like to be able to pay my respects there.
Gnr. Harry Baker
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:25 Oldbury Road, Hartshill, Nuneaton
My grandfather, Harry Baker, served in WW1. Recently I inherited 2 letters addressed to my grandmother from the 32nd Stationary Hospital. The first letter is dated 27th of October 1916, and informs my grandmother that my grandfather had been wounded in the neck and right shoulder. The second letter is dated 30th of October 1916 and informs my grandmother that Harry had undergone one operation and was recovering and that he would need to undergo a second operation when he was back in England. The letter is signed by E.B.B. Towse, Captain, Gordon Highlanders. 32nd Stationary Hospital, Nr. Wimeraux, France
Rifleman. Henry Thomas Baker MSM
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk
My grandfather, Henry Thomas Baker, was born in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, in 1888 and enlisted in Colchester around 1905. He served in India with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and returned to the UK in 1911 where he took the job of postman at Tiptree in Essex. He remained on the Army Reserve and married my grandmother on 1st June 1914. Within weeks he was recalled to the Colours and the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade who were in Colchester at the time. By 24th August the Battalion were in action at le Cateau and were part of the valiant retreat from Mons to the River Marne.
Henry served throughout the war and fought in many of the major battles. He was wounded once only in the wrist by a shell fragment and for a period was a battalion stretcher bearer. He was promoted to Sergeant and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal before demobilisation.
Henry was standard bearer for the local branch of the British Legion for many years and died after a short illness on 23rd October 1967. The funeral was a very touching affair with the path to the grave lined on both sides by many Legion Members and Standards, including an Admiral of the Fleet and a Major General who had all come to pay their respects to an "Old Contemptible"
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