Baker,+W

BAKER, William Private, 4542160, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Died of wounds in Italy, 10th December 1944, age 28. Husband of Mrs Baker, 24 Vale Mill Lane, Oakworth. Prior to his death he had been in the army for five year, two which were abroad. Employed by the Denda Knitting Co of Haworth. Commemorated on the Keighley WW2 memorial, but not named on either the Oakworth and Haworth memorials The CWGC gives his family as Son of William and Nellie Baker ; husband of Margaret Doreen Baker of South Shields, Co Durham See Keighley News 3 Feb 1945 (Photo). Interred in Faenza War Cemetery, Italy, III - G - 8,.

Brother of Thomas Baker.