BORN HULL 01/07/1900. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD & FRANCES FANNY BARKER, 4 MARVEL STREET, HULL AND THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS JOHN, ERNEST AND JAMES AND TWO SISTERS, HARRIET AND FRANCES. ENLISTED 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
