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Pte. Herbert John Barham
British Army 1/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Herbert Barham was my great grandfather and was from Aston. He was living in Lozells in 1913 with his wife and 3 children. Unfortunately, his service record is lost, what I can work out is that he enlisted in October 1914 to the 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and went to France in March 1915. He was still serving with the 8th Btn when the Territorial Force was renumbered in March 1917. He was demobbed in March 1919.
Although I know little about his active service, family anecdotes are that he was greatly affected by the war, possibly shell shock and it is thought this contributed to him tragically taking his own life in 1953. My wish is that his service and the traumas he suffered are not forgotten.
A/Bmbdr. Stanley Barham
British Army 147th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Walkden, Lancashire
(d.4th Oct 1917)
I spoke to my Grandad's youngest brother, Chris, back in 1978 and he and his wife Edith told me that after the war, the man who was with Stanley when he was hit came to visit them. He told them of the circumstances. These two were either going to or from the Post Office when a shell landed between them. The friend was unhurt (probably had a very bad concussion at the least) but Stanley was hit in the arm and legs. We do not know whereabouts or when this took place but it appears to be a couple of days before he died on 4th of October 1917. The situation of the hospital would mean he was taken to Hooge railhead from wherever he fell. Lijssenthoek was the name of the nearby village and one of the largest hospitals was located here after the French vacated it in 1915. It was also known as Remy Siding (Remy for the farmer on whose land it was situated and right next to a railway siding essential for wounded transportation from the front. This hospital consisted of different Casualty Clearing Stations. British 10th CCS and 17th CCS and Canadian 2nd and 3rd CCS. The cemetery represents the 3% who didn't make it. That is those that were brought in alive but didn't leave. Ever.
What I do not understand is that the story told to Chris and Edith said that Stanley had his arm and leg amputated but no mention in doctors report also not shrapnel but gunshot wounds? (see note below) What I am thinking is that due to the exceptional number of casualties brought in on 4th October then the minimal necessary information would have been entered. I found the answer to the Gunshot wounds query in 2018 when we were in Cairns, Queensland, Oz. I had picked up a booklet from Cairns Library entitled Chinese Anzacs. It had various men involved in the fighting and one of them had a death certificate with Died of gunshot wounds. An eyewitness account verifies the story as him having been struck by shrapnel. So this is the term they used then.
Stanley Barham was an Acting Bombardier with the 147th Heavy Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. In his previous civilian life he was a weaver at Burgess Ledwards cotton mill in Walkden, Lancashire. He is buried next to an Aussie Sapper, 7133 W H Abbott. In the next row behind are 3 men of the Otago Regiment of NZ all of them died either 3rd or 4th October. There is a graph of admissions on the wall of the visitor centre and the 2nd and 4th of October are almost off the graph! This was during the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
His grave is right at the entrance to the beautifully maintained cemetery, 4th row from the front just to the right of the entrance. The visitor centre is asking for photographs etc. so I will get onto that as they have a big wall with photos of those buried there. There is also a listening wall where letters, stories and incidents about those buried there, worked there or spent time there as a patient. There were over 300,000 men who went through that hospital and 10,784 are buried there. It is very poignant to see where he lies in such a peaceful environment that is cared for so well.
Lascar Abdul Bari
Royal Indian Marine
(d.2 Mar 1918)
Abdul Bari served in Remembered at . WW1
Albert Barker
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.24th Aug 1918)
Rflmn. Albert Aspden Barker
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.28th Oct 1917)
Albert Aspden Barker died on the 28th October 1917 and is buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in Greece.
Rfm. Arthur Barker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dublin
(d.21st Oct 1916)
Arthur Barker died of wounds in Flanders.
RSM Arthur Samuel Barker DCM.
British Army Royal Horse Artillery
from:Dublin
(d.24th July 1916)
Arthur Barker was the son of Samuel and Alice Barker.He also served with the Royal Field Artillery. he died of wounds aged 33 and is buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'abbe.
Pte. Arthur George Barker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Southwick, Sussex
(d.13th May 1916)
Arthur Barker enlisted in September 1915 in Worthing Sussex, originally in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. by the 21st of September he was in Fort Matilda and was in the 2nd Battalion. On the 30th of December 1915 he was posted to France. He died on 13th of May 1916 in the Corbie Hospital, Corbie, from wounds received in action. He is buried in the Corbie Cemetery France.
2nd Lt. Arthur Barker
150th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:19 Burnett Avenue, Bradford, West Yorkshire
(d.20th Dec 1918)
Arthur Barker was a talented Classical Scholar who went to Corpus Christi, Oxford, following Bradford Grammar School. In 1915 he became a Schoolmaster at Llandovery and attested in December, he was mobilized as a driver RFA in June 1917, then trained for a commission and was Gazetted May 1918.
He went to France on the 7th of September 1918, served with 150th Heavy Battery RGA for the last weeks of the war, then went to Cologne with the Occupation Army.He was wounded when, as Officer of the Guard, he was accidentally shot by the discharge of a rifle which had a faulty safety catch. He was taken to 64th Casualty Clearing Station where he died on 20th December. He was buried in the Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Germany.
Pte. Charles Barker
British Army Middlesex Regiment
from:Isleworth, Middlesex
(d.10th Dec 1917)
Gnr. Clendon James Thomas Barker
British Army 45th Brigade, 5th Batt. Royal Field Artillery
from:Birmingham
(d.11th May 1915)
Pte. Edward Barker
British Army Duke of Wellington Regiment
from:Bradford Yorkshire
As with most soldiers who served in the trenches my father, Edward Barker did not say very much about what happened there, but he did tell me this funny thing which happened to him. He crawled out to a shell hole and spent a few days sending back information about the German movements. He was above his knees in water and soon his feet and legs swelled up. When his regiment attacked he was not able to walk so they put him on a mule to take him back to recover. Unfortunately a German shell exploded behind the mule which bolted with him clinging on with all his strength. The situation was made worse by his own troops which he passed hitting its rump with their rifle butts. He was recommended for a Military Medal, but the Commanding Officer only believed in officers being decorated
Pte. Edward Barker
British Army 17th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Darlington
(d.2nd Nov 1917)
Pte Edward Barker
British Army 2nd Btn Middlesex Regiment
(d.9th Nov 1916)
Pte. Ernest Peirson Barker
British Army 1st Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Leamside, Co Durham
(d.15th Oct 1918)
Ernest Barker was a member of the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. He was 19 at the time of his death. He is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
Sgt. Francis John Barker
British Army 4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
Despite being 43 at the outbreak of war my grandfather, Jack Barker, insisted on doing his bit. He never saw active service but was involved with the training of the men. The picture shows him and his son, Edward. My grandfather was a master tailor and made this uniform for Edward, then aged 4.
Pte. G. D. Barker
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
G D Marker transferred to 30th Btn. Depot.
Sjt. H. Barker
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Harold Marshall Barker
British Army 12th Btn. West Yorkshire
from:Sheffield
(d.19th May 1916)
Cpl. Harry Barker
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Harry Barker was discharged on the 7th of February 1916, time expired
Pte. Herbert Barker
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:25 Louisa St, Darlington
Herbert is recorded as "Barker, Herbert,25 Louisa St, Darlington, Pte 1621 18th DLI in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.
J Barker
British Army Royal Engineers
I have come by a photo of a J Barker of the Royal Engineers (I think by his cap badge but not 100% sure and he looks as if he is no more than 25 years old ). The photo was taken at the arcade studios of JE Savile in Mexborough and on the reverse is the pencilled inscription "J Barker 25 St Georges Road" My house is of middle Victorian build and my wife and I have decided to keep the interior decor in keeping with Edwardian WW1 era. I wondered if anyone could shed any light on his service record and if he survived the war at all.
Pte. J. A. Barker
Australian Imperial Forces 35th Btn.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Cpl. James Barker
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
James Barker was discharged on the 20th of April 1916, time expired
L/Sgt Jeremiah Jerry Barker
British Army 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Dresden, Stoke on Trent
(d.13 October 1915)
Pte John Capel Barker
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wylam House, Wylam Rd, Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.5th Jun 1916)
Barker, John, Capel. Private, 19/326, Killed in action on 5th June 1916. Aged 23 years. Member of "B" Coy.
Buried in Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, in grave I. B. 1.
Son of Councillor and Mrs. John Barker, of Wylam House, Wylam Rd, Newcastle-on-Tyne. His brother also fell.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. John Barker
British Army Northumberland Hussars
from:Berwick on Tweed
Rfmn. John Barker
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Rifles
from:Pendleton, Salford, Lancs.
(d.9th May 1915)
John Barker served as a Rifleman with the 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles. He died on the 9th of May 1915 and is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. John sadly left a widow, Eliza nee Taylor & 2 young boys, William born 1913 & Alfred born 1914. They also had also a pre-deceased baby boy, John who was born & died in 1910. Eliza re-married a Joseph Thompson on 19th April 1919.
The Barker family are from Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, England. I do know their maternal GrandMother was 'Irish'... brothers Richard, John & William joined the Irish Rifles & served in WW1. Their elder brother Alexander, born 1883 died on the 12th June 1900 as a result of an accident and they had one sister Sarah.
Can anyone tell me why & where the band of 3 brothers joined the Irish Rifle? Would anyone have photos of any of the soldier brothers? I would be grateful for any info', whatsoever.
Lt. John Barker MC.
British Army 107th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Dunsby, Lincs
My Dad, John Barker was born in 1895 at Barrowby, he grew up the youngest son of a country vicar and served 1 year each in the Officer Training Corps first at Brighton College and then Worksop College. Dad enlisted in the Territorial Force (no 2860) on 5th Feb 1915. I am not sure but think it was established he had been in the OTC so, on 23rd Feb 1915, he was appointed 2nd Lt in Worcestershire Regiment. Sometime later he was transferred to 107 MGC (he got in a bit of trouble during his initial training and am not sure if his reward was a transfer to the suicide club!).
He arrived in France in late June 1916 just missing the first days of the Somme. I have some information that he was awarded his MC from action on 3 March 1917 and have the citation from the London Gazette of 11 May 1917. Apart from that I know little about the circumstances that lead to his MC. The War Diary of 107th MGC for that day says it is quiet. I have also read that was the day a German Camouflet exploded at Spanbroekmolen near the 107th MGC. Was this the rescuing referred to in his citation?
Dad was taken prisoner on the 1st day of the German Spring Offensive. He never said much about his experiences but one day he told me that as POWs they were so hungry two of his fellow prisoners fought over a dead sparrow!
Dad also served as an Auxiliary Cadet with the infamous K Company in 1921-2 but was invalided out with a gun shot wound (barrack room incident). Like many families a great tragedy for Dad was that his eldest son (my half-brother) Thomas Roy lost his life over Belgium on 12 May 1940 trying to stop the German advance (Sgt Observer of 150 Sqn). Any additional info on Dad would be appreciated.
Pte. John James Barker
British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Splitcrow Cottages, Felling, Co. Durham
From a newspaper clipping: Felling Man Missing. Mrs. A. Barker, of Splitcrow Cottages, Felling has been advised by the War Moe that her husband. John James Barker, D.L.I. is missing in France. Mr. Barker, who was in the Territorial Army before the outbreak of war was drafted to France with the B.E.F. last September.
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