Extract from a Book by Long Buckby History Society to commemorate those on their War Memorial.

The Baker Brothers
Roland George, Frank Thomas and William Victor Baker

Roland Baker was born in the second quarter of 1895, in Rushden. He was the second son of Cecil and Maud Baker. Frank Baker was born nearly two years later on February 22^nd 1897 and William was born on 13th December 1900. There were eleven children all together, born between 1893 and 1917. Cecil worked in the Boot and Shoe trade, as well as being a semi-professional football player, and sometime around 1913 he moved to Long Buckby, bringing his ever increasing family, to work at Cooks Shoe Factory.

The family lived at Field House, in Salem. Roland and Frank also worked at the shoe factory although later in life Frank was to turn his hand to baking.

After they moved to the village the boys became involved with various local activities, they both played Rugby Football and Roland was a member of the Temperance Band.

Roland enlisted as soon as war was declared and was posted to the 3^rd Battalion Northampton regiment and sent to Weymouth to train there. He was posted to the 1^st Battalion Northampton Regiment and disembarked in France on January 27^th 1915.

Roland returned to Long Buckby on leave to marry Kate Sabin at St Lawrence Church on Christmas Day 1915.