Lieut. Hugh Massy Baker Plaque

This bronze plaque is dedicated to the memory of Lieut. Hugh Massy Baker, Royal Canadian Engineers.

Hugh Massy Baker was born in October 1920 in Ottawa and received his early education at Rockcliffe Park Public School. He went on to Lisgar Collegiate and Ashbury College and graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1939. He began his service in Petawawa before proceeding overseas. At the time of his death on March 5, 1942, he was serving with 1st Field Park Company, RCE. Lieutenant Baker is buried in the Bansha Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Tipperary, Irish Republic.

Inscription

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To the glory of God
and in loving memory of
Lieut. Hugh Massy Baker
Royal Canadian Engineers
who died on active service overseas
March 5th 1942 – Aged 21 years

“Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God”
– St. Matt. V – VIII

Erected by his family

Cette plaque de bronze est dédiée à la mémoire du lieutenant Hugh Massy Baker, Corps royal du génie canadien.

Hugh Massy Baker est né en octobre 1920 à Ottawa. Il a fait son cours primaire à l’école publique de Rockcliffe Park, après quoi il a fréquenté le Lisgar Collegiate Institute et le collège Ashbury. Diplômé du Collège militaire royal du Canada à Kingston en 1939, il a entamé son service militaire à Petawawa avant de s’embarquer pour l’étranger. À son décès, le 5 mars 1942, il appartenait à la 1re compagnie du parc du Génie, CGRC. Il est inhumé dans l’enclos paroissial de l’Église d’Irlande à Bansha, comté de Tipperary, Irlande.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.