Baker,+Captain

Private, 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment. Service no. 7100. Private, Royal Army Service Corps. Service no. 288601
 * Baker, Captain**



He married Clara Hartley on 26th March 1910, at St Mary's Church, Eastwood, Keighley.They were living at Fairmount, Thwaites Brow, Keighley, Yorkshire at the time of his earlier Army attestation. They later lived at 222, Sunnydale View, Thwaites Brow, Keighley, Yorkshire and were living there when he re-enlisted with the A.S.C. in February 1917.

He served in the West Yorkshire Regiment from 15th June 1903 and transferred to the reserve on 13th November 1906. At the outbreak of war he was mobilised at York on 5th August 1914 and he entered France on 8th September 1914. During the war he served one month at the front and was severely injured by a gunshot wound which made him unfit for fighting service. He was posted back to the home front and was eventually discharged on 27th December 1916. He re-enlisted in the Army Service Corps on 9th February 1917 and trained as a Driver in the MT (Military Transport) 593/594 Company and was discharged from the Army on 28th March 1919. His service made him eligible for the clasp and rose to the 1914 Star (which he received) and he was a member of the Keighley Branch of the 'Old Contemptible's Association'.

Brother of Major Baker who was killed in action on 19th December 1914.