BORN FOLTON, GANTON, YORKSHIRE, 1897. ONLY SON OF TOM DARRELL BARKER AND ANNIE BARKER OF FOLKTON, OF SCARBOROUGH AND 1, SANDRINGHAM VILLAS, WELL STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD THREE OLDER SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A STABLE BOY (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER DIED ON 18/11/1918.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH, 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1917.
BURIED AT ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/06/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, TOM.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
37336
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/04/1917
Place died:
Roeux British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
1, SANDRINGHAM VILLAS, WELL STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
