Baker (Albert) Henry R
Born : Albert Henry R. Baker, September qtr. 1893 Andover 2c 228 at Hurstbourne Priors
Son of Henry and Fanny Baker of Hurstbourne Priors
Enlisted: Andover
Residence recorded at death: Reading
5th Battalion Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment
Killed in action : Friday 26th January 1917 aged 23 in Mesopotamia
Memorial : BASRA MEMORIAL Panels 30 and 64.
1901 Census: Father employed as Groom/gardener at Apsley Cottages, presumably on Apsley estate.
1911 Census: Hannington Farm Cottages, Highclere. Father and son both employed as gardeners.
St Mary Bourne Connection
Although there is no immediately obvious link between Henry Baker and St Mary Bourne, his mother (Fanny) was a Ralph, a family who lived in St Mary Bourne for several generations, dating back to the eighteenth century. Fanny was the daughter of Harvey Ralph (1832-1884), son of Charles (1795-1844), each of whom had several descendants who stayed in the village.