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.
Name Arthur Barker
Death Date 27 Apr 1917
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Hull
Rank Private
Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion 20th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)
Regimental Number 37336
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
