BAKER, Kenneth Claude
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
West Sussex Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241727
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Sunday, June 20, 1915
Died :
Thursday, June 2, 1994
Place died:
Worthing Sussex
Age:
78
Private Kenneth Baker was seriously wounded 23 February 1943 during operations in North Africa and was medically discharged from the Army on 31August 1943.
Kenneth Claude Baker joined the West Sussex Constabulary in 1939. He was single and residing at Havelock Road, Bognor Regis. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and joined the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. A former goalkeeper with Worthing Wednesday Football Club he re-joined the Police and served as a Constable at Worthing Police Station until retiring in June 1969. Awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) for his Police service announced in the 1970 New Years' Honours Listing.
Kenneth Claude Baker joined the West Sussex Constabulary in 1939. He was single and residing at Havelock Road, Bognor Regis. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and joined the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. A former goalkeeper with Worthing Wednesday Football Club he re-joined the Police and served as a Constable at Worthing Police Station until retiring in June 1969. Awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) for his Police service announced in the 1970 New Years' Honours Listing.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
The 1939 Register cobvering Bognor Regis.
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
London Gazette 44999, page 25.
Registers of Deaths in Worthing, registered in June 1994.
Report in the Worthing Herald 19 February 1943 (below).
Image and report in the Worthing Gazette 7 January 1970, page 10.
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