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Latest revision as of 17:08, 19 July 2020
Personnel Entry
Name Baker Thomas Frederick
Army number 1892603
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Research suggests birth was registered in October 1919 at Eastry, Kent. Mother's maiden surname Norris.
Age (At time of death) 25.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 11/9/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 11/9/1944. Initially interred at Turgauville Farm - map reference 1/250,000 Sheet 4, L5828. Re-buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Division 67. Row M. Grave 4 on 27/5/1947. Headstone inscription reads "OUR TOM. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. REST IN PEACE".
Home address Son of Alfred William and Emma Baker, of Southfields, London.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
