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SECTION XIII Page 24 Download original document at bottom of page BARFORD, S. G. W., Gunner, R.F.A. He volunteered in October 1914, and after his training was engaged at various stations in Ireland on important duties with his Battery. He rendered valuable services, but was not successful in obtaining his transfer overseas on account of his medical unfitness for active service. He was discharged in March 1915. 3, Bland Avenue, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, A. C., Private, 7th London Regiment. He joined in December 1917, and in the following June was drafted to France, where he took an active part in numerous engagements in the Advance of the Allies, including those at Amiens, Ypres, Havrincourt and Menin Road. In November he was invalided home owing to heart trouble, and after his recovery served at Aldershot until his demobilisation in December 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 4, Ledbury Street, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, A. V., Private, 4th Royal Fusiliers. He re-enlisted in August 1914, and shortly afterwards was sent to the Western Front, where he did gallant service at Mons and other Important engagements and was wounded. In November of that year he was taken prisoner and remained in German hands until the Armistice, when he was repatriated. He was discharged in April 1920 on the conclusion of his term of service, and holds the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 84, New Church Street, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BARKER, C., Private, 8th Norfolk Regiment. Volunteering in August 1914,. he passed through his course of training and in the following year proceeded to France. He was attached for a time to the Royal Engineers, and did excellent service at Ypres, Albert, Vermelles, the Ancre, and Vimy Ridge. After rejoining the Norfolk Regiment he gave his life for King and Country in action on the Somme front on October 23rd, 1917. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "The path of duty was the way to glory." 7, South Grove, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, C. W., Pte., 22nd London Regt. (Queen's). He volunteered in April 1915, and in June of the following year proceeded to France. After six months' service there, during which time he took part in many minor engagements, he was sent to Salonika, and did good service there before being transferred to Palestine for the Offensive under General Allenby. He was taken prisoner by the Turks in March 1918, and whilst in their hands suffered badly from malaria of which he unfortunately died on October 8th, 1918. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. "And doubtless he went in splendid company." 134, Choumert Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, D. S., Sergt., R.G.A. He volunteered in 1915, and after the completion of his training was retained for garrison and coast defence duty. He also did excellent work while instructing recruits at Epping, Tilbury, Shoeburyness and other stations until 1918, when he was drafted to the Western Front. After much valuable service in the Offensives of that year he returned home and was demobilised in 1919, holding the General Service and Victory Medals. 16, Prior Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. BARKER, G. H., Rifleman, 21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles). He was mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities, and after the completion of his training was engaged on important coast defence duties at Clacton and other stations. Owing to physical unfitness he was unsuccessful in obtaining his transfer to a fighting front, but he rendered valuable services until his discharge in May 1916 on medical grounds. 4, Ledbury Street, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, G. N., Private, R.A.M.C. He volunteered in 1914, and after completing his training proceeded to the Western Front, where he did excellent service as stretcher hearer with his unit in many sectors of our line. He was present at the Battles of Ypres, the Somme, Arms, Messines, Cambrai, and many other engagements until the cessation of hostilities, and was gassed on one occasion. After returning home he was demobilised in 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 16, Prior Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. BARKER, H., Sapper, R.E. He joined the North Staffordshire Regiment in September 1916. and proceeded to France in the following January. After serving on the Ancre front for a time he was invalided home, but returned in July 1917, and was in action at Lens and many important engagements, including those at La Bassee, Amiens and Le Cateau in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. After the Armistice he was sent into Germany with the Army of Occupation, where be did good work until his return home for demobilisation in October 1919. He was transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1918, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 58, Rotherhithe New Road, Rotherhithe, S.E,.16. BARKER, J., Rifleman, 6th Rifle Brigade. Mobilised from the Reserve at the outbreak of war he was immediately drafted to France, and fought at Mons, Le Cateau and other engagements of importance and was wounded. Under the strain of military service, however, his health gave way, and in November 1915 he was discharged as medically unfit for further duty. He holds the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 3, Frankton Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BARKER, J. R., Acting Cpl., East Surrey Regt., and Rifle Brigade. He volunteered in August 1914, and after the completion of his training served at various stations on important duties with his unit. He also saw service in Ireland but was not successful in obtaining a transfer to a theatre of war before hostilities ceased. He nevertheless rendered valuable services until demobilised in February 1919. 6, Archdale Road, East Dulwich, S.E.22. BARKER, J. W. (M.M.), Q.M.S., R.A.M.C. Mobilised in 1914, he was soon afterwards drafted to France, and did excellent service at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres, Loos, and other important operations. He unfortunately died with great suddeness while on service on May 22nd, 1916, and was buried in the Military Cemetery at Rouen. He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Ypres, and was also entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "His life for his Country, his soul to God." 16, Prior Street, Greenwich, S.E.10 BARKER, J. W., Air Mechanic, R.A.F. He joined in March 1918. and at the close of his training proceeded to France in the following September. After valuable service in an aerodrome near Boulogne until the Armistice he was sent with the Army of Occupation to Germany, where he remained until September 1919. Three months later he was drafted to Egypt, where he was in 1920 still engaged on aeroplane repair work under the R.A.F. Disposal Board at Alexandria. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 58, Rotherhithe New Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BARKER, R. H., Sapper, R.E. Volunteering in I915, he proceeded to France in 1916, after completing his course of training. He did valuable work with his unit on the Somme, at Arras, Ypres, Messines, Passchendaele, Cambrai, and in the early stages of the 1918 Retreat, and was then sent to a Base Hospital owing to an injury to his hand. While there he was wounded in a bombing raid by hostile aircraft. After returning home he was demobilised in January 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 36, Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, S.E.10. BARKER, R. O., Private, 3rd East Surrey Regt. He volunteered in October 1914, and in the following Spring proceeded to the Western Front. He did excellent service in the Battles of Ypres, Loos, and Arras and was wounded and gassed at Vimy Ridge in 1917. On his recovery after hospital treatment in France and England, he was retained for duty at Dover and Colchester, but unfortunately he was again taken ill and died on November 12th, 1918. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "Whilst we remember, the sacrifice is not in vain." 50, Surrey Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BARLOW, A. J., Pte., 22nd London Regt. (Queen's). He volunteered in September 1914, and after finishing his training proceeded to France in the following March. He was in action at Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, Festubert, Loos, Ploegsteert Wood, Arras, Messines and Cambrai and was gassed. He also did good service for a time with our Allies on the Italian front. After returning home he was demobilised in December 1918, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 3, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BARLOW, J., Private, 22nd London Regt. (Queen's). Volunteering in May 1915, he was drafted to France later in the same year. He took part in the Battles of Loos, Ypres and the Somme and was wounded. He was afterwards transferred to Italy, where he was again in action. He was demobilised in April 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. He has since re-enlisted. 3, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BARLOW, T. H., Private, Royal Fusiliers. He joined in February 1916, and in July of the same year was drafted to France, where he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme. On his recovery, after hospital treatment at home he returned to France, and was transferred to a Labour Battalion in which he did valuable work until the end of the war. He was demobilised in March 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 3, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E 16. View And Download Original Document |