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Albert Edward Baker

1875 - 30/01/1917
CWGC Cemetery: Bromley (St Luke's) Cemetery
Other Memorials: St Luke's Church, Bromley

Place of birth: Minety, Wiltshire
Last known address in Bromley: 51 Addison Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Battalion/Ship: 57th Coy
Rank: Gunner
Number: 140071

Family information

Parents: Frederick and Rhoda Baker (nee Beale)
Parents' occupation: Railway gate keeper
Siblings: Charles Henry, Harry, Ernest William, Annie Maria, Emma Jane, Percy (d), Minnie, Mabel Percy (d), Minnie, Mabel
Wife: Frances Helena Raven
Marriage date: 1907
Children: Albert Frederick Samuel, Dorothy Maud, William Ernest George, Charles Henry

Census information

1891
Address: Level Crossing Cottage, Minety
Occupation: Ag lab
1911
Address: 19 Hawkesworth Road
Occupation: Groom domestic

Extra details

Albert was born in Minety, Wiltshire in 1875, the fifth of Frederick and Rhoda Baker's nine children. In 1891 the family were living in Level Crossing Cottage, Minety where Frederick was the gate keeper and Albert an agricultural labourer. Albert cannot be found in the 1901 census but by 1907 he was in Bromley where he married Frances Helena Raven, the couple had at four children.

Before joining the army Albert was employed by the Bromley and Crays Co-operative Society. He died in the Military Hospital, Pembroke Docks, South Wales.


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