BAKER, CYRIL VICTOR, Private. No. 63399, 2nd Battn. (14th Foot) The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regt.). 8. of the late Walter Herbert Baker, by his wife, Lottie (Wraithing Road, Haverhill), dau. of Harry Bantick, of Ixworth. co. Suffolk; b. Great Barton, co. Suffolk. 21 May, 1897; educ. Stansfield C.C. School; was a Baker; on the outbreak of war, 4 Aug. 1914, being too young to enlist, he became a Munition Worker: joined the Essex Regt. 26 Oct. 1916: was transferred to the 15th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Jan. 1917: to the 13th Yorkshire Regt. in April, 1918, and subsequently to the 2nd West Yorkshire Regt.: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917, and was killed in action north-east of Beauvois and north of Caudry 7 Oct. 1918. Buried where he fell. His Conmanding Officer wrote: “I more than regret his death. as he was one of the best men I had in my platoon; a good man, and well liked by all ranks.” He was awarded a certificate for distinguished conduct on the field, which stated: “During the attack on 31 July, 1917, when employed as Headquarters runner, this man did splendid work, going forward on many occasions with messages under heavy machine-gun fire. Throughout he displayed the utmost cheerfulness and disregard of danger.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5