Category: Military
Rank: Gunner 723664
Regiment or Ship: Royal Field Artillery
Service Number(s): 723664
Date of Birth: 1893
Place of Birth: Bexhill
Address: 19 Salisbury Road, Bexhill
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Family Information
In the 1911 census the family were living at 20 Chandler Road
Father: John born 1852 Bexhill
Mother: Lucy born 1866 Bexhill
Brother: Frederick Ernest born 1889 Bexhill W0065 BARKER Frederick Ernest (Private)
Brother: Percy Albert born 1895 Bexhill
Brother: Frank Augustine born 1897 Bexhill
Brother: Reginald Clement born 1899 Bexhill
Brother: Lennard born 1901 Bexhill
Brother: Sydney born 1903 Bexhill
Sister: Florence born 1906 Bexhill
Sister: Ivy born 1910 Bexhill
Sister: Olive born 1910 Bexhill
First World War Experience
He was a pre-war Territorial with the 6th Sussex Royal Field Artillery. Medically discharged in 1914, he re-joined in 1915 the Labour Corps and had two periods of service lasting to the end of 1920.