Maurice Baker
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Charles M Baker
Home address: 33 South Brighton, Portsmouth
Pre-war occupation: Builder's Labourer
Date of birth: 27/11/1917
Date of death: 21/10/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 26
Further information:
Charles was the son of a railway carman and in 1939 he was living in Portsmouth with his widowed father, an older brother and two sisters.
Records state that he died as the result of an unspecified accident whilst at sea.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/