BORN HULL 01/07/1900. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD & FRANCES FANNY BARKER, 4, MARVEL STREET, HULL AND 9, CARLISE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE., HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS JOHN, ERNEST AND JAMES AND TWO SISTERS, HARRIET AND FRANCES.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/08/1915, GIVING THE AGE OF 19 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. HE WAS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 111 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST, OCCUPATION; LABOURER. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 24/12/1915. JOINED THE 7TH EYR ON 2/01/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, AND ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY.
GRAVE PLOT B.3. LISTED ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND STREET SHRINE.
First name:
ALBERT EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
19773
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Fricourt New Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
16
9, CARLISE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
