Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private F. R. Baker, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (Po.14740 Pte., R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Po.14740 Pte., R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Po-14740 Pte., R.M.L.I.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-120

Frederick Richard Baker was born in Middlebourne, near Farnham, Surrey, on 4 March 1889. A Bricklayer’s Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Chatham Division of the Royal Marines on 15 February 1907. During the war, he served aboard the battleship Emperor of India, September 1914-November 1917, in which ship he served at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916. Baker was awarded the L.S. & G.C. on 15 June 1922 whilst serving on H.M.S. Dublin, he was discharged on 3 March 1928 having completed his second period of service. Joining the R.F.R., Baker was recalled to service in August 1939. Serving throughout the war at the depot, Lympstone and Fort Southwick, he was discharged on 25 April 1945 suffering from chronic bronchitis. With copied service papers.