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Horace Greeley Baker

In memory of:

Major Horace Greeley Baker

August 20, 1917

Military Service

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

46th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Samuel and Mary Vaughan Baker, of London, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IX. F. 6.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Paul Sargeant– Ltn Horace Baker as depicted in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario. --And in the Morning

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    Photo of John Paul Sargeant
    Photo of John Paul Sargeant – Ltn Horace Baker as depicted in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario. --And in the Morning
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Sam Baker– Sam Baker longtime City Clerk London Ontario. Father of Horace. Frank Cooper photo c1903-09 Collection "Ivey Family London Room" Public Library London Ont.

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    Photo of Sam Baker
    Photo of Sam Baker – Sam Baker longtime City Clerk London Ontario. Father of Horace. Frank Cooper photo c1903-09 Collection "Ivey Family London Room" Public Library London Ont.
  • Photo of Horace Greeley Baker– When the war broke out,he joined as a private and was promoted to the rank of Major in the field with the 46th Battalion. Killed in acton August 20th, 1917.

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    Photo of Horace Greeley Baker
    Photo of Horace Greeley Baker – When the war broke out,he joined as a private and was promoted to the rank of Major in the field with the 46th Battalion. Killed in acton August 20th, 1917.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 477 of 1072.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 477 of 1072.
  • Roll of Honour– Great War honour roll, St. George's Public School, 782 Waterloo St. London, Ontario [artist not given] Photo: Deanna Halverson, London

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    Roll of Honour
    Roll of Honour – Great War honour roll, St. George's Public School, 782 Waterloo St. London, Ontario [artist not given] Photo: Deanna Halverson, London
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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