Place of birth: Park Dale, Airedale, Ferry Fryston.
Harry Baker was a cobbler at Pontefract barracks before the war. On 14th September 1943 he started his basic training in Ireland. Whilst training for the D Day landings in Normandy, Harry hurt his foot during a practice jump over the Thames. therefore he did not go to Normandy with the rest of his unit. Storky Crane (Major C.P.R. Crane O.C.) gathered his officers and told them of a new operation. This new operation was to be the Rhine Crossing, which it was hoped would complete the collapse of Hitler's Reich. Harry was shot in the head shortly after landing.He was buried in Margraten Cemetery in the Netherlands.He was transferred to Venray War Cemetery on 28 April 1947 as Margraten was designated to be an American Cemetery. His Mother had to pay for a blanket to move his remains from Margraten because it was classed that Harry had lost his issue blanket!! She couldn't accept that he was dead. She never could understand why he had enlisted.His mother believed Harry had been shot in the head and would probably be blind and would not know where to go when he returned to England.
Source: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk
Harry Baker was a cobbler at Pontefract barracks before the war. On 14th September 1943 he started his basic training in Ireland. Whilst training for the D Day landings in Normandy, Harry hurt his foot during a practice jump over the Thames. therefore he did not go to Normandy with the rest of his unit. Storky Crane (Major C.P.R. Crane O.C.) gathered his officers and told them of a new operation. This new operation was to be the Rhine Crossing, which it was hoped would complete the collapse of Hitler's Reich. Harry was shot in the head shortly after landing.He was buried in Margraten Cemetery in the Netherlands.He was transferred to Venray War Cemetery on 28 April 1947 as Margraten was designated to be an American Cemetery. His Mother had to pay for a blanket to move his remains from Margraten because it was classed that Harry had lost his issue blanket!! She couldn't accept that he was dead. She never could understand why he had enlisted.His mother believed Harry had been shot in the head and would probably be blind and would not know where to go when he returned to England.
Source: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk
Place of birth: Park Dale, Airedale, Ferry Fryston.
Harry Baker was a cobbler at Pontefract barracks before the war. On 14th September 1943 he started his basic training in Ireland. Whilst training for the D Day landings in Normandy, Harry hurt his foot during a practice jump over the Thames. therefore he did not go to Normandy with the rest of his unit. Storky Crane (Major C.P.R. Crane O.C.) gathered his officers and told them of a new operation. This new operation was to be the Rhine Crossing, which it was hoped would complete the collapse of Hitler's Reich. Harry was shot in the head shortly after landing.He was buried in Margraten Cemetery in the Netherlands.He was transferred to Venray War Cemetery on 28 April 1947 as Margraten was designated to be an American Cemetery. His Mother had to pay for a blanket to move his remains from Margraten because it was classed that Harry had lost his issue blanket!! She couldn't accept that he was dead. She never could understand why he had enlisted.His mother believed Harry had been shot in the head and would probably be blind and would not know where to go when he returned to England.
Source: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk
Harry Baker was a cobbler at Pontefract barracks before the war. On 14th September 1943 he started his basic training in Ireland. Whilst training for the D Day landings in Normandy, Harry hurt his foot during a practice jump over the Thames. therefore he did not go to Normandy with the rest of his unit. Storky Crane (Major C.P.R. Crane O.C.) gathered his officers and told them of a new operation. This new operation was to be the Rhine Crossing, which it was hoped would complete the collapse of Hitler's Reich. Harry was shot in the head shortly after landing.He was buried in Margraten Cemetery in the Netherlands.He was transferred to Venray War Cemetery on 28 April 1947 as Margraten was designated to be an American Cemetery. His Mother had to pay for a blanket to move his remains from Margraten because it was classed that Harry had lost his issue blanket!! She couldn't accept that he was dead. She never could understand why he had enlisted.His mother believed Harry had been shot in the head and would probably be blind and would not know where to go when he returned to England.
Source: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk
Inscription
Royal Army Service Corps
Gravesite Details
T/14665070
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