Leading Stoker 309847 Matthew Henry BAKER

Leading Stoker 309847 Matthew Henry Baker{gallery}LS M H Baker{/gallery}Royal Navy, aboard HMS Britannia
Killed in action in the Straits of Gibraltar, 9th November 1918, aged 32

• Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hants. Panel 30
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
• Son of the Matthew and Martha Baker
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments and Vicarage Street School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Leading Stoker Baker
• Portsmouth Naval Memorial
• HMS Britannia

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 29 Jan 1886 at Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton
• Lived at 33 Stanley Road, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived aboard ship in China and East Indies [1911]
  
• Employed as seaman in Royal Navy [1911]
  
• Enlisted on 24 Mar 1906 aged 12 and first served on HMS Nelson