BENJAMIN BARKER

1914 -1918

Benjamin Barker lived in Stone Cottage, Old Church Lane Bulmer in 1913.

He worked as a gardener for Mr & Mrs Philip Harbord at Bulmer Tye House.

Benjamin served with the 6th Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment

First Name:

Benjamin James

Initials:

B J

Surname:

Barker

DOB:

Circa 1883

Age:

34

Birth Town:

Fincham, Norfolk

Resided Town:

Sudbury, Suffolk

Nationality:

British

Date of Death:

17/02/1917

Fate:

Killed in Action

Information:

Parents: George and Sarah Barker, of Fincham, King's Lynn; husband of Gertrude H. Barker, of Tye Cottage, Hethersett, Norwich.

Rank:

Private

Service

 Number:

27810

Duty Location:

 

 

Burial Location

France and Flanders

Benjamin is buried in the Regina Trench Cemetery, Grancoury. France Reference number V1.F.3.

Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt

 

Actions of the 6th (Service) Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment up to the death of Benjamin Barker

Sept 1914 Formed at Northampton as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Colchester attached to the 18th Division.
Nov 1914 Transferred to the 54th Brigade of the 18th Division.
May 1915 Moved to Salisbury Plain.
26.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, First Battle of Passchendaele, and The Second Battle of Passchendaele.