Family Search: When Private Robert Frank Baker was born on 20 December 1894, in England, his father, George Edward Baker, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Baker, was 24. He lived in Witley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as labourer in Wallaceburg, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 August 1918, in Amiens, Somme, France, at the age of 23, and was buried in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France.
Source: “No Return Ticket – Wallaceburg’s War Casualties and Selected Wartime Memories”, by Alan Mann, via post at the Group by Harry Abbink.
Biographical entry from “No Return Ticket – Wallaceburg’s War Casualties and Selected Wartime Memories”, by Alan Mann, via post at the Group by Harry Abbink.
Private Baker is the first man left in the rear row.
Commemorative medallion issued by the Town of Wallaceburg, Ontario for the soldiers of the Great War. Contributed by Harry Abbink, 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
“Killed in Action.” During the attack on Marcelcave, this soldier was instantly killed by shrapnel from an enemy shell.
Contributed by Harry Abbink, 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 