Date of Birth
28 December 1889
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Crampton Street C.S., Newington
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
3 May 1916
Buried/memorial
Tranchee De Meckness Cemetery, Arras, France (Grave/Memorial reference: D. 14)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Bertram Reginald Baker attended Borough Road College for two years, where he competed in football and cricket, as well as being a prefect. He is listed as being destined for a school in Newington. Baker enlisted into the Royal Fusiliers in September 1914 and rose to Sergeant. He was commissioned into the 17th Battalion on 25 August 1915 and landed in France on 16 November 1915. He was 25 when he was killed on the 3 May 1916.
Sources
Entry on p.86 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/3/5, BFSS/2/9/12/6, BFSS/2/9/13/7, Borough Road College 1908 applications, BRCCR005, 1912 Annual Report