Robert Nelson Baker (1889 - 1917)

Born 10 Aug 1889 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel May (Mather) Jenney — married 1912 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

Died 4 Jul 1917 at age 27 in Évin-Malmaison, Pas-de-Calais, France

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Biography

Robert was born in 1889. He was the son of Charles Baker and Mary Gilman.^[1]

He married Ethel May Mather at St John, Derby, in 1912.^[2]

He enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters on 13 November 1914, and served in France until 13 April 1915, when he was injured and lost part of his right hand. He returned to the front on 3 March 1916.^[3]

He was wounded and captured in the Battle of Lens on 1 July 1917, and died of his wounds in the German military field hospital at Evin-Malmaison on 4 July 1917. His remains were transferred from the municipal cemetery at Evin-Malmaison to the Point-du-Jour military cemetery, Athies near Arras, on 27 September 1920.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XT6-P92 : 1 October 2014), Robert Nelson Baker, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Derby, Derbyshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26HX-5TJ : 13 December 2014), Robert N Baker and null, 1912; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1912, quarter 4, vol. 7B, p. 1317, Derby, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB5-QX3L : 16 March 2018), Robert Nelson Baker, 1914; citing Derby, Derbyshire, England, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), regiment #3255, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,409,405.
4. ↑ https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/257096/baker,-/

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSJX-X41 : 21 May 2019), Robert N Baker in household of Charles Baker, Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Derby subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7TV-FRV : 15 July 2019), Robert Nelson Baker in household of Mary Baker, Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.