Samuel Baker
Date of birth: 22.3.1893
Date of death: 13.6.1915
Area: Pontefract
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
Family information: Son of William and Clara Baker nee Fenn
Rank: Private
Service number: 18184
War Service
Samuel was a Private in the 3rd Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers when he died on 13th June 1915 age 22. He is buried in Pontefract Cemetery.
Family Life
Samuel was born on 22nd March 1893 to parents William and Clara Baker nee Fenn. In 1901 he was living with his family at South Baileygate, Pontefract and was still living there in 1911, though by now he had left school and was working as a shin washer fellmonger.
Pontefract Cemetery