BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OFJOHN & ANNIE BARKER, 35 CORNWALL STREET, COTTINGHAM. ONE OF 10 CHILDREN. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN SECTION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/08/1916, AGED 19, AT NO;7 GENERAL HOSPITAL, ST OMER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE ROLL OF HONOUR AS DIED OF WOUNDS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE.
HE IS BURIED AT LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SLEEP ON DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST”
HIS BROTHER ALBERT BARKER WAS ALSO WOUNDED & TAKEN PRISONER DURING THE WAR
First name:
ALFRED ERNEST
Military Number:
10/100
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/08/1916
Place died:
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
, NORTHUMBERLAND AVE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
