Basic Details
Surname
Baker
Forenames
Charles
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14274
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 142 Wellington Street.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal Charles Baker, regimental number 14274, was serving in 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment when he died on 28/10/1916; he is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. They record no details of his next of kin or address. On the 1911 census Charles Baker was recorded as the son of Ada & Charles Palmer Aylmer, with whom he was living at 142 Wellington Street; he was listed as a native of Peterborough aged 14 (i.e. born 1897), and to be working as a dairyman's assistant. His mother Ada Baker had married Charles Aylmer in 1900. The Baptism register of St Mary's Church Peterborough records that Charles Baker, son of Ada Baker of Eastgate in Peterborough, was baptised on 13/1/1897. His birth had been registered in Peterborough as "Charles Stead Baker" in 1897).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
142 WELLINGTON STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial