| Surname: | Baker |
| Initials: | P V |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 2648393 |
| Notes: | RAOC att. MFP. 11/12/1919 he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, age 17.8 years at Bury St Edmunds, occupation leather stitcher, born Walton, Felixstowe, Suffolk, NOK father Frederick John Baker. (note on attestation says he transferred from RWS (Royal West Surrey) 2/8/1919 but his No. is Coldstream Guards post 1920.) He is buried in the Sudfriedof, Cologne in 20, F, 07. Entry in The Register of Soldiers Effects: 991837, E, 3400, Baker, Percy Victor, 13 Coy. RAOC, Pte, 2648393, 22/2/1924 Cologne, A/C, Cologne 3/24, left the sum of £19-11-04 to his father Frederick John Baker. Percy Victor Baker. Extract from the Daily News (London) 25 February 1924. British Officer and Private Shoot themselves in Cologne. From our own correspondent. Cologne, Sunday. Two members of the British Army of Occupation have died under tragic circumstances during the week-end, and a third is in a critical condition. (presumed to be L/Cpl Marsden.) A military inquiry was held yesterday into the death of Private Baker, RAOC, attached to the Military Foot Police. He shot himself with a revolver in a fit of temporary insanity. Details of the tragedy have not been officially divulged but Baker was alleged to have committed a minor infringement which Lance Corporal Marsden of the Military Police was deputed to investigate. He approached Baker at the police barracks. The later was upset and pleaded with the corporal not to make a report. The corporal, however explained that he was acting under instructions. Thereupon Baker shot Marsden with a revolver, and after shooting his dog, of which he was very fond, turned the weapon on himself, with fatal effect. |
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| Date of Death: | Feb. 22, 1924 |
| Company: | MFP |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, GERMANY 🇩🇪 |
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