Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Baker-Baker
2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders

On returning to his Battalion Headquarters he suddenly found himself faced by two German Officers. He promptly shot one with his revolver and the other disappeared in the dark. As he entered his Headquarters a German Self-Propelled Gun which had entered the farmyard fired at the house at point blank range and set it on fire … Lt-Col Baker Baker led his [HQ] staff out through the opposite side of the house.

(D.S.O. citation, 7 June 1945)

Born on 11 November 1912 in Romsey, Hampshire, Henry Conyers Baker-Baker was the son of a Royal Navy admiral and educated at Eton College. After graduating from RMC, Sandhurst in 1933, he was commissioned into the Black Watch. In 1939, he was aide-de-camp to General Archibald Wavell. During the Western Desert and North African campaigns, he was a staff officer in the 51st Highland Division.

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