Sergeant Reginald William Baker
| Date of Birth | 21/12/1893 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 22 |
| Date of Death | 16/08/1916 |
| Service Number | 2140 |
| Military Service | 9th Bn East Surrey Regiment |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | St. Lawrence Church, Morden |
Additional Information
Reginald William Baker was the eldest son of George Alfred Baker and Margaret Elizabeth Lyons. His father George married Margaret Elizabeth in the last quarter of 1890 at Croydon.
The 1901 census records that 35 year old George Alfred was employed as a police constable. At the time of the Census, George and Margaret had a total of 6 children.
The 1911 Census reveals that George and Margaret had been married for 22 years. The couple had ten children, nine of whom had survived with one child dying in infancy. The Baker family now resided at Rosebery Villas, in Church Road at Knap Hill in Surrey.
Their eldest son, Reginald William had enlisted as a boy in the Royal Navy on the 21st December for 12 years. Naval Records reveal that at the age of 18 years Reginald William was 5ft 8 inches tall, with brown hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion. Reginald served on a total of 8 ships from 1909 until August 1912 when he was invalided out of the Navy because of chronic bronchitis.
Reginald William enlisted in the army at Chertsey in Surrey in the East Surrey Regiment, rising to the rank of Sergeant and was killed in action in France on the 16th August 1916. He is buried at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery in Montauban, France. His name also appears on one of the panels in the Lychgate at St. Lawrence Church, Morden, which serves as the parish war memorial.
His service record is not available through Ancestry.