Date of Birth
24 September 1892
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at C.S., Thrybergh
Service number
SD/2143
WW1 rank
Corporal
Royal Sussex Regiment, 12th Battalion, 2nd South Down
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
2 July 1916
Buried/memorial
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (Grave/Memorial reference: VIII. B. 119)
Biography
Corporal George Edmund Baines was born 24 September 1892, the son of Rev. and J. Baines. He attended Borough Road College for two years, graduating with an Intermediate Science qualification. Whilst at the college Baines competed in rugby for Borough Road College. He is listed as being destined for a position at C.S., Thrybergh. Baines enlisted into 12th Battalion, 2nd South Down, Royal Sussex Regiment. He died of wounds on 2 July 1917, aged 23.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/14/6, BFSS/2/9/3/6 [BRCPF006], BRCIC005, BRCSYG033, 1914 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission)