Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (5825912 Pte. E. Baker. Suff. R.) good very fine £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Suffolk Regiment.

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Frederick Thomas Baker served with the Suffolk Regiment on the North West Frontier, and advanced to Company Quartermaster Sergeant. He was serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War, when he died whilst on active service on 24 July 1944. Company Quartermaster Sergeant Baker is buried in the Kirkee War Cemetery, India, and commemorated on the Woodbridge Memorial, Suffolk.