Private Matthew William Baker

Army Number: 43745

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Kniveton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. and lived at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Son of John and Emily Baker; Husband of Nellie Baker, of 2, Dunns Cottages, Danesmoor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a Farm Worker at Brook Farm Kniveton prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He died of wounds, 27th October 1916, aged 21, at 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station, Meaulte, France.

Buried Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 36.

Private Matthew William Baker is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Michael and All Angel’s Church War Memorial, Kniveton, Derbyshire.
St Bartholomew’s Church War Memorial, Clay Cross, Derbyshire.

His brother Private Herbert Baker, 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.