Baker, Charles Wilford

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES WILFORD BAKER (1867-1926) & ELIZABETH MARROW (1868-1905), OF 37 JOHNS PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, TOM AND HARVEY AND ONE SISTER, MARY ANN JOHNSON, AT 79 WEST PARADE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL.

A FISHERMAN AND LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST, 175 LBS WEIGHT

HE MARRIED ON 24/10/1910. HIS WIFE RUTH ESTHER MILLER (1890-1953), LIVED AT 26 WALCOTT STREET, HULL (MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE), 4 BRAEMAR TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND LATER, 49 ETON ROAD, STOCKTON-ON-TEES.

HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 30/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS.  DIED AT HULL, ON 06/03/1915, OF MIDDLE EAR DISEASE AND CEREBRIAL ABCESS.

LISTED IN ST MATHEWS CHURCH. COMMEMORATED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
Buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery.


First name:
CHARLES WILFORD
Military Number:
13/897
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/03/1915
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
37 JOHNS PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK