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Baker, Francis Douglas, son of Albert de Winter Baker, M.R.C.S., of Battersea, by Margaret Charlotte Kirby, daughter of His Honour Francis Barrow, County Court Judge and Recorder of Rochester; b. Sept. 15, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left July 1901; was for some years in the office of the Englishman at Calcutta; a trooper and N. C. O. in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Aug. 1914 - July 1915; 2nd Lieut. in the same regt. July 1915 - Jan. 1917; joined the E. E. F. Jan. 1917 and was on Lord Alienby's Staff until Jan. 1920 with the rank of Major; served in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 13, 1916, and June 5, 1919; M.C. June 3, 1916; Order of the Crown ofltaly (5th class) 1918, and of the Nile (4th class) 1919; appointed Bimbashi, Egyptian Police, March 1920, Asst. Commandant Cairo City Police; Commandant 1937; Commandant Alexandria City Police; Pasha; O.B.E. 1934; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1942; Order of Ismail (3rd class) and Nile (3rd class); Cdr. Crown of Roumania; retired from Egyptian Govt. Service 1946; m. June 15, 1925, Nevarte, daughter of Karakin Marian; d. 1958.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963