Barker A 2nd Lt Royal Garrison Artillery

BARKER, ARTHUR, 2nd Lieut., 150th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, only s. of Abraham Barker, of 19, Burnett Avenue, Bradford, Superintendent of Technical Instruction, by his wife, Mary Hannah, dau. of the late Henry Howe; b. Rochdale, co. Lancaster, 12 July, 1891; educ. Bradford Grammar School (Scholar), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Scholar), where he took First Class Honours in Classical Mods. and a Second Class in Litt. Humaniores; also the B.Litt., and Honours Diploma in Education; was Classical Master at Llandovery College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. 13 May, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 7 Sept. 1918, and died at Cologne 20 Dec. following of wounds accidentally received. Buried at Cologne; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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