Name
Thomas Eric Baker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/10/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
45865
Rifle Brigade
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. AUBERT BRITISH CEMETERY
I.A.29
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
Son of William Robert and Annie Elizabeth Baker, of High Street, Royston.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in May 1917 and went out to France on Easter Monday 1918. He was killed in action on the 11 October 1918, apparently by machine gun fire.
Additional Information
Thomas is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Royston Church Additional Burial Ground. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO RIFLEMAN THOMAS ERIC BAKER SON OF THE ABOVE [William Baker] KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE OCTOBER 11TH 1918. AGED 19 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
