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226093 Gnr. Francis "Walter" Baker Royal Artillery 4th Bty. 2nd Searchlight Regiment from:Bristol (d.23rd May 1940) A tragic story like so many others during wartime. Doreen Yarlett Thayer married Gunner Walter Baker on 7th January 1940 in Pill, Somerset. Her father, who had just turned 61 on the day before, was a ship's carpenter, and he died ten days after the wedding on 17 January in Garston Hospital, Wavertree, Liverpool of acute broncho-pneumonia. It may be he did or could not attend his daughter's wedding as he must have been very ill. The 4th Bty, 2nd Searchlight Regiment, RA joined the line of battle north of Calais on 23 May 1940 as foot soldiers - something they were not trained for. Walter with many of his comrades was killed in action on 23rd of May 1940. The valiant action from those fighting in Calais gave time for the evacuation Dunkirk. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.