Name
Harold Charles Barker (*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
4752
London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
1st/16th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 13 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Puttenham memorials*2
Pre War
*1 It important to say that any inclusion of the man against Puttenham would be controversial as Puttenham is a 'Thankful Village' meaning that all the men who served, survived - Puttenham is the only one in Hertfordshire.
It would appear that Harold's parents, Charles and Clara Sarah Ann Barker moved to Astrope House, Puttenham, Tring, Herts. sometime after 1911 (then living at 25 St Mary's Road, Reigate) - *2 presumably after 1914 and may well have been after Harold's death, and therefore Harold may have no direct connection this location, and given the status of Puttenham as a Thankful Village we must accept this to be the case.
We include his name here simply to explain any possible future confusion.
Wartime Service
He was recorded a missing before the presumption of death
Biography
Additional Information
Harold's mother Clara Sarah Anne who later made a claim for his pension.
A war gratuity was given of £2 2s 6d on 16th Oct 1917 and then £3 on 16th Aug 1919
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
