Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver W. Baker, Royal Field Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War and died in captivity on 28 July 1918

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (31399 Dr. W. Baker, 78th. Bty., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (12773 Dvr. W. Baker. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (William Baker) polished, nearly very fine and better (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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William Baker served with ‘X’ 8th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, presumably during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. He died in captivity on 28 July 1918, and is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.