Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George Baker a Hosiery Trimmer, born 1871 in Burbage, Leicestershire and his wife Elizabeth, born 1873 in Hinckley, Leicestershire. George Arthur was a Hosiery Worker and was born in 1895 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, his siblings were Doris Gertrude, born 1899 in Burbage, Leicestershire, Walter, born 1901 in Burbage, Leicestershire, Grace, born 1904 in Burbage, Leicestershire, Sydney, born 1906 in Hinckley, Leicestershire and Maurice, born 1911 in Hinckley, Leicestershire. In April 1911 the family home was at 1, Occupation Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire. Drowned at sea from H.T. Cameronia. An extract from the Official History of the Great War (Naval Operations) records. “Even a destroyer escort could not guarantee a ship against disaster. Of all the mercantile vessels at sea those for which the greatest anxiety was felt were the transports carrying troops; these, therefore in addition to being armed with the best guns available, had always a direct escort of destroyers. Yet on April 15th two of them were lost. The Arcadian carrying over 1000 troops in addition to a crew of 200 or more, was in the southern Aegean on the way from Salonica to Alexandria when she was torpedoed by an unseen submarine, and sank in six minutes. Only a quarter of an hour before she was struck the men on board had completed boat drill, which circumstance contributed to the perfect discipline which prevailed and to the saving of 1,050 men by the boats and escorting destroyer. Unfortunately, as the transport was sinking she turned over, carrying down wreckage and spars, which when released shot up like arrows and mortally injured men swimming in the water. From this cause and the sudden capsizing of the ship 277 men were found to be missing when the roll was called. The transport was in the French zone round the south of Greece, and, three hours after she had sunk, a French destroyer and some French trawlers arrived to assist in the work of rescue. While the Arcadian was sinking, a still larger transport, the Cameronia, carrying 2,630 officers and men from Marseilles to Egypt, was struck by a torpedo when half-way between Scicily and Greece. There were two destroyers escorting the Cameronia; though they had not preserved her from submarine attack, they and some destroyers and other craft sent out from Malta were able to save all but 200 of the crew and troops.”