The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H E Baker

Private Horace Edgar BAKER, 241196, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 4th October 1917, age 22.

Born Exeter, Devon, son of William and Emily Baker, of 1 Princes Street North, Exeter, Devon.

1911 Census - 9 West Street, Exeter - William Phillip Baker, head, age 50, married, publican, born Exeter, Devon; Emily Baker, wife, age 45, married 21 years, 5 children, 2 still alive, born Exeter, Devon; Horace Baker, son, age14, single, school, born Exeter, Devon; Susan Haydon, domestic servant, age 36, single, born Exeter, Devon.

23rd April 1916, married Florrie Rose Quant, of 28, Poltimore Square, Longbrook Street, Exeter, Devon.

Enlisted Exeter, Devon, age 20, height 5ft 8 inches, weight137lbs. Formerly greengrocer / market gardener & Licensed holder.

Home 18th November 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF, 12th September 1917 to 4th October 1917.

18th November 1915, enlisted; 18th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 25th April 1916, mobilized; 1st May 1916, posted 2/5th Royal West Kent Regiment, No.4219 7th February to 15th February 1917, Kennington Hospital; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, arrived at 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 12th September 1917,posted to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion; 18th September 1917, losing by neglect, his cap badge, deprived of 1 days pay; 4th October 1917, wounded & missing.

16th June 1918 , date when separation allowance of 12/6 a week will be stopped.

17th June 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

26th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Florrie Rose Baker, 28, Poltimore Square, Exeter, no children; Father, William Phillip Baker, 1 Princes Street, Exeter; Mother Emily Baker, 1 Princes Street, Exeter; Sister, Violet Kate Stephens?, 7? Manor Road, Exeter.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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