Name
Herbert Norman Baker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/08/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MOROGORO CEMETERY
IV. A. 1.
Tanzania
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, Berkhamsted Collegiate School Memorial, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 22 Jul 1891 in Hertford and baptised in St Andrews Church, Hertford on 16 Aug 1891 son of Lt. Col. Herbert Baker, V.D. Hertfordshire Regiment and Lilian Constance (Hancock) Baker, of 27, North Crescent, Hertford. He worked in the brewing industry.
Wartime Service
Formerly in the Artists' Rifles, Lieutenant Baker was seconded to the Colonial Office in January 1917 and died at Wuransi in German East Africa whilst attached to the Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
