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/