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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. F. 6.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Mary Vaughan Baker, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major Horace Greeley Baker
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Photo de Horace Greeley Baker
When the war broke out,he joined as a private and was promoted to the rank of Major in the field with the 46th Battalion. Killed in acton August 20th, 1917. -
Tableau d'honneur
Great War honour roll, St. George's Public School, 782 Waterloo St. London, Ontario [artist not given] Photo: Deanna Halverson, London -
Pierre Tombale
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 477 of 1072. -
Photo de Sam Baker
Sam Baker longtime City Clerk London Ontario. Father of Horace. Frank Cooper photo c1903-09 Collection "Ivey Family London Room" Public Library London Ont. -
Photo de John Paul Sargeant
Ltn Horace Baker as depicted in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario. --And in the Morning -
Coupure de presse
From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
Digital gallery of
Major Horace Greeley Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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