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In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel George Harold Baker

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Military service

Age: 38
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth: November 4, 1877 Sweetsburg
Death: June 2, 1916 Sanctuary Wood, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. G. 1.
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Son of the Hon. George Barnard Baker, K.C. (member of the Senate of Canada), and Jane Percival Cowan Baker. Lt.-Col. G. H. Baker was a member of the House of Commons, Canada.

Commemorated on the Lieutenant-Colonel George Harold Baker Statue.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 10.5 Km west of Ieper town centre, in the town of Poperinge itself.

From Ieper Poperinge is reached via N308.

From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then directly over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J.Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing.

On reaching the town of Poperinge the left hand turning from the N308 leads onto the R33 Poperinge ring road. 1 Km along the N33 lies the right hand turning onto Deken De Bolan. The POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 100 metres from the ring road level with Onze Vrouwedreef on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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