[Illustration: =Thomas L. Bainbridge.=]
=BAIRD, COLIN=, Sergt., No. 2768, D Coy., 1st/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt., _s._ of Thomas Baird, of 25A, Wood Street, E.C., by his wife, Lucy Maria, dau. of Mark Williams; _b._ West Norwood, 5 Nov. 1886; educ. Lancaster College, West Norwood; killed in action near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915, while in charge of a party sent out to cut wire entanglements; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Baird.=]
=BAIRD, STANLEY CHARLES=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, No. Ch. M. 7600, H.M.S. Cressy, 4th _s._ of George Alexander Baird, of 4, Pleasant View, Farnborough, of the Metropolitan Water Board, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Francis Balchin; _b._ Farnborough, co. Kent, 11 June, 1893; educ. Farnborough Board School; joined the Royal West Kent Territorials, 1912; entered the Navy, 12 May, 1914; lost in H.M.S. Cressy in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=BAIRD, WILLIAM FRANK GARDINER=, Capt., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Sir William James Gardiner Baird, of Saughton Hall, Midlothian, 8th Bt., J.P., Lieut.-Col. Lothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry, formerly 7th Hussars, by his wife, the Hon. Arabella Rose Evelyn Hozier, dau. of James Henry Cecil, 1st Lord Newlands; _b._ Inch House, Liberton, Midlothian, 15 April, 1885; educ. Castlemount, Eton and Sandhurst. Served in the 7th Dragoon Guards and Scots Guards. On the outbreak of war he received a commission from the Reserve of Officers as Capt. in the 4th Bedfordshires, 11 Aug. 1914, and went to the Front attached to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt. He _d._ 5 Nov. 1914, in hospital at Boulogne, from wounds received in action, and was buried there. Capt. Baird _m._ at Ware, 24 Nov. 1910, Violet Mary, dau. of the late Richard Benyon Croft, of Fanham’s Hall, and had three children: James Richard Gardiner, _b._ 12 July, 1913; William Henry Gardiner, _b._ 11 Oct. 1914; and Lilias Mary, _b._ 26 Sept. 1911.
=BAKER, EDWARD JAMES=, P.O., 1st Class, 164169, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, EDWIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6773), 189515, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 44, 54th Field Coy., R.E., _s._ of the late Frederick William Baker, of 118, Denmark Road, and Commercial Road, Lowestoft, General and Shipsmith, by his wife (--), dau. of (--) Naunton; _b._ Lowestoft, 8 Dec. 1876; educ. there; was apprenticed to his father, and was an old Volunteer in the Lowestoft Rifles; joined the R.E. as a sapper at Chatham, 2 March, 1895; served in the Bermudas, Canada, at Aldershot and in South Africa, and with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action near Fleurbaix, 7 Jan. 1915, being shot by a sniper. He was buried at Fleurbaix on the Bois Grenier Road. Sergt. Baker held the Long Service and Good Conduct medal with the crossed guns, and Lieut.-Col. D. S. MacInnes, D.S.O., wrote: “Sergt. W. Baker, when I knew him, was section sergt. of the 54th Field Coy., R.E. He was particularly capable and resourceful, and inspired great confidence in the men of his section. His bravery when making wire entanglements in the face of the enemy, and in other dangerous work was beyond all praise.” He _m._ at Broadstairs, 26 Nov. 1904, Maud Elizabeth (The Ridge Cottage, Crawley Hill, Camberley), dau. of William Fisher, Dockyard Pensioner, and had issue three sons and two daus.: Frederick William Naunton, _b._ 25 Nov. 1906; Montague Reginald, _b._ 1 Aug. 1908; Robert Naunton, _b._ 15 July, 1913; Elsie Maud, _b._ 29 Sept. 1905; and Irene Naunton, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910.
[Illustration: =Frederick William Baker.=]
=BAKER, GEORGE BRANDON=, Elect. Art., 3rd Class, M. 399, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, HENRY TILLET=, Armourer, 345914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BAKER, JAMES HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 971, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt., 2nd _s._ of Samuel Baker, of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, ex-Police Constable, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of Thomas Durrance; _b._ Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, 21 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Clapham. He was a postman, and had done 25 years’ service at Brixton. He joined the old 24th Middlesex Volunteers in 1896, and afterwards passed into the Post Office Rifles. On the outbreak of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service, and _d._ of wounds received in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915. A comrade wrote “he was wounded severely in my company on Wednesday night (25th) at Festubert, and have just now received official information that he died in Bethune Hospital on the 26th, and was buried in Bethune cemetery. I knew he was terribly wounded, but did not think he was dangerously wounded, as I had the sad task of attending to his wounds; the latter were in both legs, from the knees downwards.” And his Colonel, in writing to express his sympathy with Mrs. Baker, spoke of the “Many kind things he did to help one.” Baker _m._ at St. Saviour’s, Brixton, 12 Jan. 1901, Eliza Susan (114, Cornwall Road, Brixton Hill, S.W.), dau. of Alfred Mills, of Thurlow, Suffolk, and had two children: James Alfred, _b._ 7 Dec. 1904; Constance Sophia, _b._ 31 Dec. 1901.
[Illustration: =James Henry Baker.=]
=BAKER, JOHN=, A.B., No. 1402D, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5353), S.S. 100106, _s._ of the late Daniel Baker, Labourer; _b._ Chislet, Kent, ... 1868; educ. there; joined the Navy 1904; was called up at the outbreak of the war, and was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Chislet, 17 April, 1906, Margaret A., dau. of ..., and had three children: John William Henry, _b._ 1910; Annie, _b._ 1907; and Ivy, _b._ 1908.
[Illustration: =John William Baker.=]
=BAKER, MARSHALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3734), 166055, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, OSBERT CLINTON-=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, 3rd _s._ of the late William Clinton-Baker, of Bayfordbury, co. Herts., by his wife, Edith Mildmay Ashhurst (Bayfordbury, Hertford), dau. of the Rev. Henry Lewis Majendie, Vicar of Great Dunmow, co. Essex; _b._ Bayfordbury, 25 Sept. 1869; educ. at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, receiving his first commission in the Royal Irish Rifles 1 March, 1890. He obtained his step 18 Nov. 1894, and his company 24 Feb. 1900, being promoted to field rank 22 Sept. 1906, and succeeding to the command of the 1st battn. of his regt. 15 March, 1915, on the death of Lieut.-Col. G. B. Laurie, who fell in action at Neuve Chapelle. From Jan. 1896 to 31 Dec. 1899 he was Adjutant to his regt. and from Feb. 1905 to Sept. 1906 he occupied a similar position in the Militia. He served in the South African War, and in May, 1902, obtained the command of the 21st Battn. of the Mounted Infantry, and held that position until the end of the war, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps. After this he was for some years in India and Burmah, accompanying his regt. as 2nd in command to the front in Nov. 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out of 22--who passed unhurt through Neuve Chapelle. He was killed in action during the abortive attack near Fromelles on 9 May, 1915. The battn. had to face a perfect inferno of machine guns and rifle fire as soon as they mounted their own parapet after the lifting of the guns. It appears that after the Rifles had carried the first line of trenches allotted to them, and had advanced to the road beyond, the enemy concentrated a terrible fire on them. The General in command of the Brigade was killed and a battn., which was to have come up and relieved the Rifles, was not sent forward. The Rifles held on to the position and were being enfiladed, when Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker took a party to the right flank to prevent this, a similar party being sent to the left. It was when he was with his party, which was practically annihilated, that he was shot. A good cricketer, fine shot and keen polo player, he, with other officers, won for his regt. King George’s Cup for polo at Aden in 1914. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Osbert Clinton-Baker.=]
=BAKER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4754, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Blacksmith, 341057, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALCOMBE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, P.O., 276783, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BALDING, ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6413), 190103, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALDOCK, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14609, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.