BAKER, Kenneth
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Rank:
Corporal
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service number:
5618955
Died :
Thursday, June 12, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Roll of Honour:
Cpl. Baker was killed during operations in Libya with Layforce.
[Source:CWGC / British Army Casualties List , National Archives ref WO 417]
His unit is shown on the Casualty List for Expeditionary Forces, Middle East, as 4 Special Service Bn., attached 'B' Bn. Layforce. The CWGC show him as 4 SS Bn. We record him on the ROH as per his original Commando unit title.
[Unit note: 4 Special Service Bn. was a very short lived title redesignation of Commando Units and was no longer in use at the time of his death. 'B' Bn Layforce was made up of men from No 8 Commando whose unit had been part of 4 Special Service Bn.]
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