Lance Corporal James H M Baker

07 Jul 1944

James Henry Malcolm Baker was the son of W. William and Alice Baker, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. He enlisted in the Grenadier Guards and volunteered for Airborne Forces.

He successfully completed parachute training and was posted to B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps.

He was murdered by a Nazi firing squad on 7 July 1944, aged 22 and is now buried in Rom Communal Cemetery. Southern France.

 

By Rod Gibson with additional information supplied by Airborne Assault

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