BORN HULL 02/01/1894. SON OF THOMAS EDWARD BARKER, OF 118 OXFORD STREET, WINCOLMLEE. EMPLOYED AS A FARM SERVANT. HE WAS FIVE FEET, FIVE INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 145 LBS WEIGHT, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
HE ENLISTED HULL ON 25/11/1914. JOINING THE 13TH HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE.
HE MARRIED, EMMA PASHLEY, FROM 12 HERBET’S TERRACE, BALFOUR STREET, ON 26/10/1915. WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED AT SERRE, ON 18/11/1916. HE DIED OF SHRAPNEL WOUNDS AS A PRISONER OF WAR, AT STETTIN, GERMANY, ON 02/12/1916, AGED 22. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 8 DAYS.
THIS IS HIS ADDRESS FROM ARMY RECORDS. HE LEFT AN OLDER BROTHER JOHN AND SISTER, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THEIR ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED IN BERLIN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA.
