Baker C D Captain 1st Grenadier Guards
CAPTAIN CECIL DOUGLAS BAKER, Grenadier Guards, CA was the third son of the late A. H. Baker, J.P., of Beckenham, and of Mrs. Baker of 68 Princes Gate.
Born in 1870, he was educated at the Abbey School, Beckenham, at Sherborne and Merton College, Oxford.
He played cricket and football for Sherborne, and won his Rugby “blue” at Oxford in 1891, being captain in 1893. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1895.
On the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the R.N.V.R., Anti-Aircraft Corps, but was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in September 1915.
He was killed in action on 29 July 1917, and left a widow.
Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918
BAKER, CECIL DOUGLAS, Capt. (Special Reserve), Grenadier Guards, 3rd s. of Arthur Henry Baker, of Elderslie, Beckenham, co. Kent. J.P., by his wife, Clara (68, Prince’s Gate, London, S. W.), dau. of Julius Try Mortimer; b. 6 Dec. 1870; educ. The Abbey School, Beckenham; Sherborne, and Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1893; became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1895; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the R.N.V.R. Anti-Aircraft Corps in Sept. 1914; transferred to the Grenadier Guards in Sept. 1915, being promoted Lieut. Jan. 1916, and Acting Capt. Jan. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 Oct. 1915; was wounded in April, 1916, and was killed in action at Le Bois des Crapouillots 29 July, 1917. He was a good all-round athlete; played in the Abbey School XI.. and in both the XI. and XV. at Sherborne, and while at Oxford played in the University XV. in 1891, 1892 and 1893, being captain in 1892. He m. at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 6 Oct. 1898, Gwendoline, dau. of the late Alexander Peyman.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 3