Barker, James William

Pte, James William Barker, RASC

BORN HULL 1880. HUSBAND OF JESSIE BARKER AT 205 , CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL. SON OF JAMES & ANN ELIZABETH BARKER, OF 9 MELWOOD GROVE, HULL AND 5 WARNEFORD GARDENS, CHANTERLANDS AVE. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER FOR TEN YEARS. HE WAS KNOWN AS A MAN OF GREAT INTELLIGENCE AND UPRIGHTNESS OF CHARACTER, RESPECTED BY ALL WHI KNEW HIM.

HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORP. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, IN INDIA, ON 11/06/1919, AGED 39. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JESSIE, AND SON, JOHN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/12/1918 AND 03/07/1919. *


First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
336371
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/06/1919
Place died:
Trimulgherry Cantonment Cemetery, Madras, India
Age:
39
205 , CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK