image from 1918 Chronical newspaper
Born:1894, Ipswich.
Died: 24th March 1918; age 24; Died of Wounds.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 20888
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 12th Battalion.
Grave Reference:
XI.F.4.
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery,
Hallcourt,
Pas de Calais,
France.
CENSUS
1901 16, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
Victor was 7 years old and living with his widowed father & sisters.
Frederick William Baker, 40, a Bricklayer, born Woolpit, Suffolk.
Ida Olive Victorine Baker, 13, born Ipswich.
Ethel Louisa Elizabeth Baker, 10, born Ipswich.
Kate Laura Anna Baker, 8, born Ipswich.
1 housekeeper.
1911 30, Rope Walk, Ipswich.
Victor was 17 years old, an Apprentice French Polisher. He was living with his father & step mother & her son.
William, 51, a Bricklayer.
Emily Baker (nee Mudd), 48.
Archibald Robert C. Orr, 14, a Foundry Labourer – Welding.
Victor’s mother was Annie Baker (nee Dennant), born 1855, Ipswich – died 1894, Ipswich.
Victor is also remembered on St. Mary le Elms church Ipswich
THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT 12th (Service) Battalion (East Anglian) :
Suffolk Regiment battalion movements
Suffolk regiment website
Friends of The Suffolk Regiment
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