This name is on the St Andrew's War Memorial Edward J. Barker Service no 2923 Serjeant, East Surrey Regiment, 9th Battalion Died age 20 on 2 August 1917 Son of Alfred and Harriet Barker, of 61, Chelsham Rd., Clapham, London. Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Barkers were living in 5 rooms at 6 High Street, Clapham. Alfred Barker, 46, was a cook and carver in a ham and beef shop (the family appear to have live above the shop). He was born in Hornsey. His wife, Harriet, 47, had no occupation outside the house. She was born in Clerkenwell. The couple had been married 20 years. Three children were on the 1911 census: Harriet Barker, 17, an indexing clerk working in the export of patent medicine, born in Clerkenwell Edward James, 14, at school, born in Brixton Miriam Nellie, 11, at school, born in Brixton Hill |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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