Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George Barker a hosiery trade framework knitter, born in the October quarter of 1865 in Loughborough, Leicestershire (son of Timothy Barker, 1819 and Elizabeth Grimley, 1829-1888) and his wife Emma Barker (nee Nottingham, married on the 17th March 1889 in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn), born in the January quarter of 1867 in Quorn, Leicestershire and baptised on the 21st April in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn (daughter of William Nottingham, 1837 and Elizabeth Taylor, 1842). Harold George was born in in the October quarter of 1893 in Leicester, also residing with the family was a nephew, John William Chapman, a hosiery framework knitter, born 1880 in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, in March 1901 the family home was at 83, Down Street, St. Michael & All Angel’s, Belgrave, Leicester. In April 1911 George was absent from the family home at 24, Browning Street, Leicester, residing there was his father, a hosiery trade framework knitter, his mother and widowed maternal grandfather, William Nottingham, born 1837 in Quorn, meanwhile Harold was employed as a loom fitter and was residing as a boarder at Station Road, Quorn. Harold married Maggie Pervin in the October quarter of 1917 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, Maggie was born on the 12th September 1894 in Loughborough and was baptised on the 4th November 1894 in All Saint’s Church, Loughborough (daughter of John James Pervin, 22/11/1857 and Margaret Matilda Whittaker, 1873). Harold and Maggie resided at 20, Paton Street, Leicester.
Harold’s army service enlistment documents do not survive, therefore the currently available information pertaining to his military service has been obtained from the following sources: - Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Registers.
Enlisted/Attested into the Regular Army. Place and date not known.
Joined. At place and date not known.
Posted. To Army Ordnance Corps. Pte. Date not known.
Allotted the Regimental Service number 015173.
Posted. To Army Ordnance Corps. Pte. Date not known.
Allocated to 39th Ordnance (Light) Mobile Workshop. Date not known.
First entered the theatre of war after the 31st December 1915.
Accidentally killed. 7/7/19.
Buried in Kantara War Cemetery, Egypt. Headstone inscription. “Peace, perfect peace.”
There is currently no record of medal awards.
In the event of his death, Harold nominated his wife Maggie, as his sole legatee.
On Friday July 7th, 1922, The Leicester Daily Mercury published the following article on page 7, under the heading. – BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. – IN MEMORIAM. – BARKER. – In loving memory of my dear son, Pte. H. G. Barker, who was accidentally killed at Kantara, Egypt, while on active service July 7th, 1919. – From loving Mother, Father, E. and C. Musgrove. Though death divides fond memory clings.
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