We remember Reginald Howard Baker

We remember Reginald Howard Baker

Timeline

Timeline

1894
birth Source:7548300 24th September 1894
1918
service Royal Navy Prob. Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Source:9279828 1st April 1918
1918
appointments Airships Source:9279828 13th April 1918
1918
location Cranwell United Kingdom military residence address Source:9279828 13th April 1918
1918
service Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Source:9279828 5th June 1918
1918
location RNAS Laira Mullion United Kingdom military residence address Source:9279828 8th June 1918
1918
service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Source:9279828 7th November 1918
1918
location RNAS Mullion United Kingdom military residence address Source:9279828 8th November 1918
1919
discharge Source:9279828 7th February 1919
1940
service British Army Lieutenant Colonel 16424 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion Source:9276142 May 1940
service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Source:7548300
1940
death Killed in Action Killed while leading a counter-attack against German positions. Calonne Belgium Source:9276142 Source:9276150 21st May 1940
burial Calonne Communal Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hainaut Belgium Row E. Grave 6. Source:9276142

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Reginald Howard
Initials RH
Last Name Baker
Source 7548300
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Cranwell United Kingdom military residence address known 13th April 1918
RNAS Laira Mullion United Kingdom military residence address known 8th June 1918
RNAS Mullion United Kingdom military residence address known 8th November 1918
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
British Army 16424 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service Prob. Flight Officer
Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service Second Lieutenant
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lilly Edith Baker mother
Howard Nicholls Baker father

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Official Records

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British RAF Officers 1912-1920

External Evidence

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Casualty Record - Reginal Howard Baker Dean129696
Dunkirk - Fight to the Last Man Dean129696
Battle for the Escaut 1940 Dean129696

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