BORN HULL 12/02/1891. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR & LUCY ANN BARBER, AT 55 REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FIREWOOD DEALER. HE WORKED AS A BASKET MAKER, UNTIL HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, AS A STOKER, ON 29/11/1912. HE SANK WITH HMS ‘QUEEN MARY,’ AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND. 31/05/1916, AGED 25. COMEMORATED ON PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS ONLY BROTHER, WILLIAM ERNEST BARBER SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE DURING THE WAR.
First name:
DOUGLAS ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
K/16886
Rank:
Stoker
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, UK
Age:
25
55 REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
