BORN FOLTON, GANTON, YORKSHIRE, 1897. ONLY SON OF TOM DARRELL BARKER AND ANNIE BARKER OF FOLKTON, 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.
HE IS LISTED ON THE SHARP STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL.
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
