Basic Details
Surname
Baker
Forenames
Charles W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Baker
Alternative forename
Charles Wright
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll records his address as Lincoln Road East. It lists his date of death as 26/6/1918, which differs from some official records.

(CWGC records that Corporal C W Baker of 43rd Sanitary Section of the RAMC, regimental number 88287, died on 25/6/1918; he is buried in grave D.812 at Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. Soldiers Died in the Great War listed him as Charles Wright Baker, stating he died on 26/6/1918. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record that he was killed in action on 26/6/1918 serving in Salonica with the RAMC, attached to 19 SAM Column of the Royal Field Artillery; his sister Mary was his legatee. On 20/7/1918 the Peterborough Advertiser described him as the youngest son of the late Mrs E Baker of Lincoln Road East, and stated he died on 25/6/1918 in Salonica. The RAMC's Book of Remembrance (Golden Book) in Westminster Abbey records that Acting Corporal Charles Wright Baker died on 26/6/1918).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Army Medical Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Greece
Town of death
Salonika
Country of burial
Not stated on memorial
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
June
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action in Salonica"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action