Surname: | Baker |
Initials: | W R |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | P/16597 |
Notes: | MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (4) Mesopotamia, 25/9/1918. 8/11/1916 he enlisted in the Army Service Corps MT No. M2/267779, age 33.3 born Burton, Staffordshire, occupation Machinist, address: 52 Blackpool Street, Burton on Trent. 8/1/1917 transferred to 29 Training Reserve Battalion, 25/4/1917 transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment. No G/25791, 8/2/1919 transferred to MFP served Mosul, Mesopotamia, 30/12/1919 to class Z reserve. Served Home 10/12/1915, Army Reserve 11/12/1915 to 6/11/1916, Home 7/11/1916 to 27/4/1917, Indian 28/4/1917 to 24/9/1918, Mesopotamia 25/9/1918 to 30/10/1919, En Route 31/10/1919 to 1/12/1919, Home 21/2/1919 to 30/12/1919, Class Z Reserve 31/12/1919. Walter Richard Baker. |