Basic Details
Surname
Barker
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, to Annie, with one child and worked in a dyeworks in Halifax before enlisting in August 1914. He served in the Dardanelles and Egypt before serving in France and being killed on the Somme supporting an attack on the Hessian Trench and Stuff Redoubt in which there were 247 casualties. He is also commemorated on IWM 2689 and 2728 as well as the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
29
Age at death
35
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action