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Lance Corporal FRANCIS BAKER

Service Number: 202263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. H. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Alice Baker, of 11, Station Rd., Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 207
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