In Memory Of
BAKER, GEORGE FREDERICK
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
893
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. B. 79.
Cemetery:
LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
M M
Citations:
LG Sup 21 September 1916
Son of William James and Caroline Baker, of Point, Durban, South Africa. Wounded in Delville Wood during the rescue of Lieutenant Craig on the 16th July 1916, with Faulds (VC), Estment (MM). His brother also died in service
