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Title: 3rd July 1916 Arthur Percy Baker 35 Royal West Kent Regiment
Post by: MiKki of MnM on Saturday 30 August 14 12:48 BST (UK)
The 3rd day of the Battle of the Somme my Great Grandfather was taken. Reported missing presumed Dead. He left behind his wife Annie Maria Baker nee Hodges and his 5 children: Elsie, Ethel, Albert, Winifred and Margaret. Also his parents Daniel and Jane Baker who also lost their other son Daniel Thomas Baker, Arthur's younger brother by 10 years, he died on the 15 March 1917. Arthur is remembered on the Theipval Memorial, France. Daniel is in a marked grave Arras France.