BAKER, Leonard
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X101944
Born:
Tuesday, October 23, 1917
Birthplace:
Athertone, Warwickshire
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
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Marine Leonard Baker died at sea during operations at Normandy, France. Adopted son of William and Lavina Daffern; husband of Lilian Baker, of Bedworth, Warwickshire. Father to a nine month old son. Educated at Hartshill School. Employed as a bricklayer before joining the Armed Forces.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
[Image] Midland Counties Tribune, 15 Dec.1944, p.45.
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