Name
William Harald Barker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/11/1915
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Garrison Artillery
24th Siege Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARI BURNU CEMETERY, ANZAC
F. 9.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
WE HAVE ETERNITY FOR LOVE'S COMMUNION YET
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Biography
Captain William Harald Barker, Royal Garrison Artillery, was a son of the late Rev. Canon William Chichester Barker, M.A., Incumbent of Kilbroney Parish, Rostrevor, and of Mrs. Barker, Rosina, Rostrevor. He was born in 1881, educated at Aldenham. Herts, and obtained his commission as 2nd Lieutenant R.A. 19th December, 1900, and was promoted Captain in December, 1913. He served in Gibraltar, Malta, Aden Hinterland, and in India from 1905 to 1910. He was appointed Adjutant of the Lancashire and Cheshire R.G.A. (T.F.) in 1911. He volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war. and proceeded to the Dardanelles in July, 19I5. He was fatally wounded on November 4, and died in First Australian Clearing Station, Anzac, November 5, 1915.
Additional Information
Mrs A.M. Barker, 'Rosina', Rostrevor, Co. Down ordered his headstone inscription: WE HAVE ETERNITY FOR LOVE'S COMMUNION YET
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
