Person    | Male  Born 1914  Died 23/5/1940

Alfred J. Baines

War dead, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

Alfred J. Baines

Second Lieutenant Alfred Jack Baines was born in 1914 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the son of Alfred and Hestor Baines. He was married to Doris Mabel Baines and they lived at 181 Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex. He initially joined the Honourable Artillery Company, service number 107013, but transferred to the Essex Regiment on 15 October 1939.

He was serving in their 2nd Battalion when he was killed in action, aged 26 years, on 23 May 1940. He is buried in Meurchin Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France, near the south western corner of the church. It is the only Commonwealth War Grave in this churchyard. Probate was granted to his widow and his effects totalled £364-1s-9d.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alfred J. Baines

Commemorated ati

John Kidd and Co.

The inclusion of the caretaker and his wife on this memorial is intriguing. ...

Read More

Other Subjects

S. Bishop

S. Bishop

Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Manche Masemola

Manche Masemola

An Anglican catechumen from South Africa who was killed by her animist parents at the age of 16. She had refused to stop visiting the missionaries who came to her town to convert them to Christianity.

Person, Tragedy, South Africa

1 memorial
A. E. Locke
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rose Wileman

Rose Wileman

Wife of George. Our colleague Andew Behan has kindly researched this couple: Born as Rose Banner on 23 December 1921 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, she married George Edward Wileman in 1940 in Birmi...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
David  James Thomas Hibbert
War dead, WW1
1 memorial

Previously viewed

Henry Wager Dixon Watts
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
W. G. Macer
War dead, WW1
1 memorial