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COMPLETED - Pte William (Bill) Baker

Post by mallosa »

I could do with some help on this one please, I'd like to add him to BCC

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Can we find anything?
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Bill was a POW in Singapore and died on a ship 1944 (listed on war memorials) https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casu ... ,-william/

27 Jan 1941 Christ Church Quarry Bank
William BAKER 21 B Soldier 14 Hillside Avenue Father Alfred Isaiah Baker Steel Worker
Lucy CARRIER 19 S 67 Thorns Avenue Father George Thomas Carrier Iron Worker
By License
Wit; Leonard Bedford / George Thomas Carrier
They don`t fit in BCC but will be put in as a loose end
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Thanks Rocky :wink:

On the memorial it says 'drowned at sea'
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Still on the ship when it sank :cry: No burial just a stone memorial


15 Feb 1947 Christ Church Quarry Bank
Joseph Rupert CLARKE 25 B Steel Worker 32 Gorsty Ave Brockmoor Father James Clarke Steel Worker
Lucy BAKER 25 W 67 Thorns Ave Quarry Bank Father George Thomas Carrier (Dec)-
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Wit; Freda Elizabeth Carrier / Thomas Flood
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Ah how sad, that explains it! Thanks again Rocky :thumbup:
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