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Lieutenant-Colonel George Harold Baker

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1877-11-04
Place of birth: Sweetsburg Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Miss Effie Baker, sister. Bolton Centre, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Advocate
Occupation (normalized): Lawyer
Address: Bolton Centre, Quebec
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-06-02
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army). 1916-01-01 to 1916-06-02
  2. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army). 1915-05-31 to 1916-01-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Mount Sorrel
Commemoration location: Lobby of Canadian House of Commons

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 139023
LAC ID: 21130
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0370-S006
Uploader's Notes:

Son of the Hon. George Barnard Baker, K.C. (member of the Senate of Canada) and Jane Percival Baker (nee Cowan)

Lt.-Col. G. H. Baker was a member of the House of Commons, Canada. Commanding Officer of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was the M.P. for Brome County and the first and only member of Parliament to be killed in action overseas during the Great War. His sacrifice so impressed the sitting members of Parliament that they ordered a memorial to his honour erected in the main lobby of the House of Commons, unveiled at the opening session of Parliament in 1924.

Source: Brome County Historical Society Museum & Archives Newsletter Spring 2010

According to the 5th CMR War Diary (November 1917), The Commanding Officer and Adjutant visited the grave of Lt.-Col. Baker and Major Pilcher at Poperinghe on November 19th, noting that the graves had been well kept.

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Canadian Infantry Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 5th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Headquarters Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 5th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Headquarters ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-11-08
Last modified: 2021-06-10