This name is on the St Andrew's War Memorial John E. Baker (John Edwin Baker) (Baker, J. E.) Service no SS/14142 Private, Army Service Corps, 18th Labour Coy. Died age 35 on 13 August 1915 Husband of Ruth Matilda Baker, of 18, Arlesford Rd., Landor Rd., Stockwell, London. Remembered at Helles Memorial and inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Bakers lived at 47 Dalyell Road. John Edwin Baker, 31, was a house painter for the "Met A Board" and his wife Ruth, 26, was a shirt ironer. They had been married 3 years and had a 2-year-old daughter, Ruth Louisa Emma Baker. John was born in Brixton, Ruth (senior) in South Lambeth and Ruth (junior) in Stockwell. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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