Francis Herbert – Baines – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 01/07/1916

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Title

Francis Herbert – Baines – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 01/07/1916

Initials / forenames

Francis Herbert

Surname

Baines

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Suffolk Regiment, 11th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

20141

Railway department

Murrow

Railway job

Gate Lad

Date died

01/07/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine, April 1918, p83

Memorial

Thiepval Memorial

Notes

Age 19, the son of John and Ada Baines of Alley Road, Murrow, Wisbech, Cambs. Had worked for the GER for 3 years. Enlisted May 1915, killed in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)

Date entered

15/08/2016

Last updated

15/08/2016

Citation

“Francis Herbert – Baines – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 01/07/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61981.