Ezra Baker: Did he really die in the Great War?

[RobinEssex]

This has foxed me for a while now so any help would be gratefully received.   

Its been passed down through the family that two gt gt uncle's of mine were killed in the Great War.

One of them, Alfred Ernest Baker, I found info about quite easily (he was killed in action on Sept 26th, 1915) but as for his brother,Ezra, I can't find any info at all.

Ezra Francis Walter Baker was born in Polstead, Suffolk in 1881.

In the 1901 census, he is recorded as being a 19 year old and living in Assington, Suffolk.

Having not found any record of Ezra regarding any military service,let alone any casualty info, as a precaution,I have checked through the Death Index quarter by quarter, year by year from 1901 to 1970.....I've assumed he didn't make it into his nineties,but maybe I should have serached on a bit further?.....but didn't find any entry for him.

As there's no memory of Ezra by any of the elderly remaining family members I have no reason to doubt that he wasn't killed during the Great war.
I find it strange though that he isn't listed on the War Graves site or find any medal card for him.

I have tried different permutations of his name but again can't find any conclusive reference to him.

Is it possible for someone to have been killed in action but their death just went unrecorded,especially if no body was ever discovered?

Any help on where I go from here would be most welcome.

Thank you
Rob 

[casalguidi]

Hi Rob

Have you tried ..................

Overseas death indexes for the services WW1?

WW1 Canadian army http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html

WW1 Australian army http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html

Local war memorial(s) to where he would possibly have been living at the time of WW1?

WW1 1918/1919 absent voter's list for his parents' home just in case he was living there if you can find no marriage?

Any local papers ie. perhaps a write up for his brother at the time of his death may mention serving siblings etc.?

Casalguidi

[RobinEssex]

Thank you for your tips, casalguidi 

Checking the local war memorials is something I have done (without success) but I have to admit to not checking the overseas death index nor the absent voters list.

I'll give them a try and see if they turn up anything.
Thanks again for replying.