BORN HULL 1878. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY BAKER & MARY ELIZABETH (HALLADAY). MARRIED 1899. HUSBAND OF MATILDA ELIZA (WILBY) AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. WITH THREE DAUGHTERS. A SELF EMPLOYED HAWKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 2179 EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/03/1917, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS DAUGHTER, DORIS.
BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
200457
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/03/1917
Place died:
Assevillers New British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
38
