Private 17773 Thomas BAKER

Private 17773 Thomas Baker{gallery}Pte T Baker{/gallery}1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Died of wounds in the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 4th September 1917, aged 37

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Sarah Ann Baker
  
• Husband of Sarah Ellen Baker [nee Ludford]. Married 25 Dec 1900 at Attleborough
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Baker
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1880 at Brownhills, Staffs
  
• Lived at Garrett Street, Attleborough [1901]
  
• Lived at 3 The Green, Attleborough [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / filler [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre on 26 Jul 1915 [Medal Card]