Name
Joseph Baker-Burrows
About June 1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/06/1918
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
13211
King's Royal Rifle Corps
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. Z. 34
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Gone to God Who Gave
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial,
Town Hall (Old) Memorial, St Albans
Pre War
Joseph Baker was born about 1889 in Wing, Buckinghamshire.
He enlisted in the Army on 14th September 1910, as Private 13093. The 1911 Census shows him at Aldershot Barracks with 4th Battalion, Middlesex regiment. On 21st August 1911 he transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
On 2nd October 1912, he deserted from the Army for 57 days,, subsequently returning and serving at home until embarking with the BEF at Dublin on 12th August 1914.
Wartime Service
On 13th August 1914, he disembarked at Le Havre, France with the KRRC, so was entitled to the 1914 Star.
On 5th December 1914 he was admitted to No 6 Hospital suffering from gonorrhea, and was transferred to England for treatment on 15th January 1915.
He was transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 14th May 1917 and posted to 9th Battalion London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles. He returned to France on 15th August 1917.
On 8th January 1918 he was admitted to 18 General Hospital, suffering from trench foot, and was transferred back to England fro treatment on 14th January. He was granted leave from 12th to 27th March, his home address given as 30 Lower Dagnall Street, St Albans, This address is confirmed in the Absent Voters List for Autumn 1918. He returned to France on 29th March, joining 1st Battalion KRRC on 31st, and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 24th May.
On 20th June 1918 he was admitted to 5 Field Ambulance after having been gassed, and was then transferred to England on 23rd June, being admitted to the War Hospital at Stratford-upon-Avon. He died of his wounds on 28th June and was buried in St Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, Hertfordshire.
The St Albans Roll of Honour gives his address as 12 George Street, St Albans.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
Gareth Hughes, Mike Neighbour
