BAKER, William Ernest
| Service Number: | 1032 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ilford, Essex, England, United kingdom, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Somme, 14 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1032, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1032, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His birth was registered in Romford which was the registration district for Ilford at the time; he is remembered on the grave of his parents in Ilford, Buckingham Road Cemetery.
Births Dec 1885
Baker Ernest William Romford 4a 316
He was 34 and the second son of Edmund Theophilus Baker and Emily Rose Baker; husband of Maria Annette Baker of 6 Dundas Terrace, Dryden St., Nottingham.
The inscription on his wargrave at QUERRIEU BRITISH CEMETERY [Grave Reference:C. 5.]reads:
HE CARRIED HIS LIFE IN HIS HANDS THE GRACE OF GOD IN HIS HEART
The same text appears under his name on the grave of his parents.
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