In Memory Of

BAKER, WILLIAM JAMES

Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
Rhodesia Native Regiment
Former Regiment:
formerly 1st Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1917-03-29
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received from shot in the back by a sniper, on the Itka / St. Moritz Road, on 22nd March
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IX. A. 5.
Cemetery:
IRINGA CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
Additional Information
Decorations:
Croix de Guerre (France), Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
Croix de Guerre LG Sup 31 August 1917 - "For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign"; MID LG Sup 25 September 1917 as Temp Lt. 1st Rhodesia Regiment pg. 9943
Son of W. G. and Marion Baker (nee Taylor); husband of Violet Baker (nee Tapson), of 20, Suffolk Rd., Berea, East London, Cape Province. Born London, England.