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'''Edmund Henry Buckingham Baker''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Edmund Henry Buckingham Baker''', D.S.O. (7 September, 1900 – 1983) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of E. E. Baker, Esq., stockbroker.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Baker passed out of the Training Establishment and was appointed to the {{UK-Indomitable|f=t}} on 7 May, 1917.  He was admitted to Granton hospital for a bullet wound in his right leg.  He was released, fit for duty, on 12 April.  In February, 1919 he was appointed to {{UK-Warspite}}.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Baker was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1922.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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In January 1927, he was qualified as a Second-class Assistant Surveyor.
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Baker was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1930.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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He commanded the surveying ship [[H.M.S. Challenger (1931)|''Challenger'']] from 10 November 1931 to January, 1932.  He continued to serve in the ship as Assistant Surveyor, First Class.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1936.  He would again command ''Challenger'' and be in charge of her surveying work from 1937 through October 1939, vice Jones.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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He commanded the surveying ship [[H.M.S. Scott (1938)|''Scott'']] from 7 October, 1939 to 15 April, 1940.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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On 20 September 1943, he was appointed to the naval base ''Nile'' at Alexandria, additional, as Senior British Naval Officer, Aegean, serving in the acting rank of Captain while holding the appointment.  He was captured by the Germans while serving in this capacity after they captured Leros in November, 1943.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Baker was awarded a D.S.O. for "undaunted courage, determination and endurance in many sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean under fire and constant attack from the air, and in maintaining supplies to the islands of Kos and Leros until they fell to superior enemy forces."
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Liberated, Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1945.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Baker was placed on the Retired List on 8 July, 1953.<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/363.|}} f. 260.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 6 April 2022

Captain (retired) Edmund Henry Buckingham Baker, D.S.O. (7 September, 1900 – 1983) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of E. E. Baker, Esq., stockbroker.[1]

Baker passed out of the Training Establishment and was appointed to the battlecruiser Indomitable on 7 May, 1917. He was admitted to Granton hospital for a bullet wound in his right leg. He was released, fit for duty, on 12 April. In February, 1919 he was appointed to Warspite.[2]

Baker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1922.[3]

In January 1927, he was qualified as a Second-class Assistant Surveyor.

Baker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1930.[4]

He commanded the surveying ship Challenger from 10 November 1931 to January, 1932. He continued to serve in the ship as Assistant Surveyor, First Class.[5]

Baker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1936. He would again command Challenger and be in charge of her surveying work from 1937 through October 1939, vice Jones.[6]

He commanded the surveying ship Scott from 7 October, 1939 to 15 April, 1940.[7]

World War II

On 20 September 1943, he was appointed to the naval base Nile at Alexandria, additional, as Senior British Naval Officer, Aegean, serving in the acting rank of Captain while holding the appointment. He was captured by the Germans while serving in this capacity after they captured Leros in November, 1943.[8]

Baker was awarded a D.S.O. for "undaunted courage, determination and endurance in many sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean under fire and constant attack from the air, and in maintaining supplies to the islands of Kos and Leros until they fell to superior enemy forces."

Liberated, Baker was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1945.[9]

Baker was placed on the Retired List on 8 July, 1953.[10]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard M. Southern 		Captain of H.M.S. Kellett
6 Oct, 1934[11] – 12 Jan, 1937[12] 		Succeeded by
Reginald C. Haskett-Smith
Preceded by
Arthur G. N. Wyatt 		Captain of H.M.S. Endeavour
17 Dec, 1941[13] – 1942[14] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  2. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  3. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  4. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  5. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  6. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  7. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  8. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  9. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  10. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  11. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 27 Sept. 1934, p. 5.
  12. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  13. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.
  14. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/363. f. 260.

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