Harry Harold BAKER 1916 - 1949 Bream - Pit accident (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 16:25 (5245 days ago) @ unknown

What does the death cert tell you ?

Name: Harry H Baker
Death Registration Month/Year: 1949
Age at death (estimated): 33
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 468

Year: 1916
Month: Mar
Day: 18
Parents_Surname: BAKER
Child_Forenames: Harry Harold
Fathers_Forenames: Harry Harold
Mothers_Forenames: Dorothy Annie
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Box Tree Cottage Bream
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: G W Leonard Cass
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: Born 2 Mar 1916
Register_Reference: P57 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 68
Parish_Chapel: Bream

Year: 1949
Month: Mar
Day: 20
Surname: BAKER
Forenames: Harry Harold
Residence: 20 Parkend Rd.
Age_at_death: 33
Officiating_Minister: Charles Vernon
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: Accident at Princess[?] Royal Died 17.3.49
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P57 IN 1/18
Page_No: 119
Parish_Chapel: Bream

from the Roll of Honour CD / Database

17/03/1949
Baker Harold
33
Princess Royal

Whilst moving conveyor forward he was struck by the falling of rock from the roof fracturing his neck.

The local newspapers will almost certainly have an article on this.

--
Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>