Archie Robert – Barker – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 27/03/1918
Title
Archie Robert – Barker – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 27/03/1918
Initials / forenames
Archie Robert
Surname
Barker
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
326727
Railway department
Cambridge, Divisional Commercial Superintendent's Office
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
27/03/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: September 1919, p185. Picture: Great Eastern Railway Magazine: October 1919, p209
Memorial
Pozieres Memorial
Notes
Aged 23,son of Samuel and Francis E. Barker of 27, Devonshire Road, Cambridge. He joined the GER in November 1910. He enlisted in the Cambridgeshire Regiment in November 1915. He went missing and was presumed killed in action. <br /><br />The GER magazine gives the date of death as 26/03/1918. The GER magazine also reports that his rank was 'Sergeant'.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“Archie Robert – Barker – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 27/03/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61794.