Barker, Albert 1917

Lance Corporal Albert Edward Barker was born in Swallowfield and enlisted in Wokingham into the 1/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was the son of Mrs E Barker of 9 Queen’s Terrace, Rose Street. He died in Belgium on 17th August 1917 and although his grave is unknown his name is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. He was 21 years old .

The link http://www.purley.eu/H142P/P283-Int4.pdf is a detailed account of the battalion’s fighting at  Passchendaele where Albert was killed.

Sadly, there were a lot of Barker families in the area and we are as yet, unable to find out anything else about him. If you have any further information on Albert, please enter in the comments box below.

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