Corporal Edwin Baker

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   Robert Baker on 26th February 2019 at 12:07 pm

   This was my grandfather; his only son is still alive and lives in Sidcup. The name on the memorial is incorrect; he was Edwin Baker. I am sure it was him because I have his military records with his ID number. There was a memorial to him in the old Town Hall at Bethnal Green, which disappeared when the building became a private hotel. He was killed disposing of a bomb in Bootle, near Liverpool. He was due to be relieved of duty but the bombing raid disrupted the railway line; his replacement could not get through. My father remembers the officer in charge visiting to commiserate; his face was disfigured with earth from the blast.

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     gary on 30th March 2019 at 12:57 pm

     Dear Robert,
     Thank you for getting in touch and the entry has been updated.
     Regards, Gary

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   Pete on 23rd October 2019 at 4:04 pm

   Hello Robert

   Could you contact me on petermarkham1957@gmail.com I have found what is being advertised as your grandfathers medals on e bay

   Pete
   Branch Researche

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   Peter Markham on 19th May 2023 at 9:25 pm

   Hi

   Been going through the casualty records and the following detail is recorded

   Accidental bomb explosion at 432 Hawthorne Road, Bootle Liverpool. Inquiry all precautions being taken, in absence of any direct evidence unable conclusion. Stakes being driven in nearby may have stared the mechanism

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