Private 49436 John Baines
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 4th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 38
Date of death: 2nd of May 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Southport, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport - I. D. 7.
BMD details:
Marriage: 10/01/1910 John Baines to Annie Howard at St Marie's on the Sands, Seabank Road, Southport.
Family details:
Husband of Annie Baines, of Southport, Lancs.
Census details:
1881 - 2 years old John is living at 52 Back Windle City, St Helens with parents Daniel (30), Mary E. (27) and two siblings: Martha E. (8), William (4). 1891 - 12 years old schoolboy John, widowed mother Mary E (37) and three siblings William (14), Edward (10), Thomas (5) are boarding at 3 Silver Street, St Helens with Elizabeth Davies (50) and her daughter Annie Davies (20). 1901 census has a John Baines, age 21, born St Helens, boarding with the Forrester family at 10 Double Locks, Haydock. 1911 Census - Born in St Helens, by 1911 John was a 30 year old Newsagent living at 36, Back Virginia Street, Southport with his 22 year old wife, Annie, and their 5 month old daughter, Ellen Mary Baines.
[pic]imgs/sppics/49436_John_Baines.jpg[/pic][caption]Southport Visiter 12 May 1917.[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/49436_John_Baines_SP.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private John Baines on the Southport War Memorial
(Photos courtesy of Paul C.)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/49436_john_baines.jpg[/pic][caption]Thanks to Anita68 from Great War Forum[/caption]
