Sidney Harold Baker was possibly not a "born and bred" Abingdon man. His mother's home address in Bristol is quoted on the Roll of Honour and he joined the Gloucestershire Regiment. However, his father is described as the "late" James Baker so it is also possible that she had moved to Bristol to be with her family after his death and the family had been Abingdon residents prior to this. Sidney Harold Baker appears to have held a live-in teaching post at Abingdon School, giving his home address as School Lodge on Park Road.

He held an MA from Oxford and was listed as a Science Master.

Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour

Name: BAKER, Sidney Harold

Status: Died

Address: School Lodge Park Road

Rank: Major

Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st attache 12th Entrenching

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Chronology: from January 1915, Salonika, France. Served in 9th Bn. in France and Salonika.

Cause of Death: Killed

Place at death: France

Date of death: 23 March 1918

School College University: Oxford University

Age at Death: 37

Family Details: Son of Agnes Anne Baker, of Sewelle Villa, I, Goldney Rd., Clifton, Bristol, and the late James Baker, F.R.G.S.

Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

Reference: Panel 40 and 41.

Qualifications: M.A. Oxon, and Science Master at Loretto and Abingdon.

There are entries in the Roll of Honour for other Abingdon men with this surname. To find them go to

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/Abingdon/index.html