Source: Via Machin Patrice via the 18th Battalion Facebook Group. Inscription on the walls of the castle of Bouvigny-Boyffles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Family Search: When Private Richard John Baker was born on 29 April 1896, in Northwood, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, Edward Wesley Baker, was 28 and his mother, Jennie Lind Doherty, was 18. He lived in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 5 years and Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 2 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1923, his occupation is listed as wabash car ferry in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 January 1933, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Graffiti at Bouvigny-Boyffles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Chatham
Chatham-Kent Municipality
Ontario, Canada
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 