BORN RUTLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE 1892. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL BAINES (1869-1948) & ELIZA WILKINSON (1870-1941), AT 14, ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. SIBLINGS, DAVID, SAMUEL, EDITH, SIDNEY, DORA AND MAY.
EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL OIL MILL LABOURER. HIS BROTHER, SAMUEL (1894-1958), SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, DURING WW1
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/12/1914, AGED 22. JOINED THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 29/02/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EYR. WOUNDED BY RIFLE GRENADE TO RIGHT ARM, FACE, WRIST AND LEFT THIGH, ON 13/09/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, 26/08/1916, AGED 26. HE HAD SERVED FOR THREE YEARS AND 249 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA.
BURIED WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE”
