No.26780, Private, Ernest Edward BAKER
Aged 32
Ernest Edward Baker was born in 1884 in Hartest(3rd qtr 1884 Sudbury 4a:631) son of Robert Christopher and Jane BAKER(née OSBORNE)
1891 census...Aged 6, he was at Cook's Cottages, hartest with his father Robert BAKER [47] farm labourer born Hartest; his mother Jane [40] born Somerton; brothers George [17] farm labourer born Whepstead, Harry [9] and Arthur [1] both born Hartest; sisters Edith [15] born Whepstead and Alice [3] born Hartest. 1901 census...Aged 16, a farm labourer, he was at Hartest Hill with his widowed mother; sister Edith; brothers George, Harry (both farm labourers) and Arthur. His father had died in 1891 1911 census...Aged 26, a farm labourer, he was at Hartest Hill with his mother. On the pension card his mother was at Hartest Hill. His brother Harry was killed in April 1918 see here |
He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds
The battalion was in Reserve in the Arras sector and had four killed that day.
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