Benjamin BAKER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BAKER

Forename(s): Benjamin

Place of Birth: Devonport, Devon

Service No: 26361

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Pioneers)

Division: 14th (Light) Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1917-03-24

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. K. 26.

CWGC Cemetery: FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Benjamin Baker was the son of Charles and Jane Baker, née Thompson. Charles was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and Jane at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

1901 Devonport, Devon Census: 35, Northumberland Street - Benjamin Baker, aged 3 years, born Devonport, son of Charles and Jane Baker.

1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 11, Essex Street - Benjamin Baker, aged 13 years, born Devonport, Devon, brother of Lucy Baker. [Lucy, aged 15 years, is named as the head of the family, living with her were seven siblings: four sisters and three brothers. Their mother had died in 1909 and their father may have been working in Africa.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Benjamin Baker, 26361, L'pool R. Correspondence: Father applies re medals. Address: C. Baker, 38, Chancery Lane, Ardwick, Manchester.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Benjamin Baker, 26361, 11th K.L.R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Benjamin Baker, 26361, 11th Batt Liverool. Date and Place of Death: 24.3.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Sole Legatee - Charles. £13 14s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Benjamin. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Miss Lucy Baker. Relationship to soldier: Sister. Address: 20, Leigh Grove, Ardwick, Manchester.

On the Earby War Memorial Benjamin Baker appears as B. BARKER.

See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

View Entry in CPGW Book

Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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