Name
William Frank Gardiner Baird
18/4/1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/11/1914
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn., attached Lincolnshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
II. B. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware, Wareside Village Memorial St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born Liberton, Midlothian. Son of Sir William Baird, Bart. and the Hon. Lady Baird, of Saughton Hall, Midlothian; husband of Violet Mary (Croft) Baird, of Wareside, Ware, Herts.
Wartime Service
Formerly served in the 7th Dragoon Guards. Died from wounds received in action and is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Additional Information
William is also commemorated on his widow's headstone in Wareside (Holy Trinity) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF VIOLET MARY BAIRD OCT. 9 1876 – OCT. 17. 1947
WIFE OF CAPTAIN W.F.C. BAIRD
BORN APRIL. 18. 1885 – DIED NOV. 5. 1914 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION IN FRANCE, AND IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
