Hebert Baker

Enlisted : Unknown.
Serving with : 16 Service (Polish) Squadron Flying Training School, Royal Air Force (O) based at : RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
UK Air Force List 1941 : Listed as Flight Lieutenant with Seniority 03/09/1939.
Died : 15th April 1942, aged 32.
From : Citation : Air 81 / 13482.
Lost in aircraft : Miles Master Mark 3 : Registration : W8725 : Dived into the ground at : Burrows Farm, Clifton, Nottingham.
Squadron Leader, Herbert Baker was listed as the Pilot.
Also Killed : Service Number : 44656 : Lieutenant Colonel, Cyril Harry Sands, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
According to Army Records possibly a Lieutenant with the Sherwood foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment but he is also listed as a Captain, RAF in 1914 but that isn't possible as the RAF wasn't formed until the 1st April 1918 so more likely attached to the Royal Flying Corps as a Captain (Pilot), he is also listed as a Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment in 1916.

Buried : St. Peter's Churchyard, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : 77 : CWGC : 3.
CWGC Reference : 2703654.
Personal Inscription reads : "To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die".
Commemorated : ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) Memorial Roll of Honour as : Herbert Baker : Nottingham : Squadron Leader, RAF : Killed In Action 15th April 1942.
West Bridgford War Memorial, junction of Bridgford Road and Musters Road, West Bridgford as : H Baker.
St. Giles Church World War 2 Remembrance Book, West Bridgford, Nottingham as : Herbert Baker.
Ruddington Community World War 2 Memorial, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire as : Herbert Baker.