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NAME:                      Baiden, William Thomas
RANK:                      Sergeant
UNIT:                      Dorsetshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         6920
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 1st May 1915 by poisonous gas
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Transport Farm Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         Son of Alfred Henry & Olive Eliza Baiden, family living Upton, Andover (1911).
                           William is listed as a widower (she died 26th March 1909).
                           Joined the Dorsetshire Regiment 1st September 1903 at Winchester for 3 years.
                           He would have been in the reserve and re-called for WW1 service.
                           On pension card guardian of his child is Mrs Eliza Baiden of Upston, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Southampton.
                           Born: Billesdon, Leic. Enlisted: Andover, Hants. Resided: Upton, Hants.