GEORGE+BARKER

Barker, George, Private, 18316, 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles Born Bolsover, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield Killed in action 14th July 1916

Aged 20 Son of William John Barker, of 5, Newbridge Lane, Old Whittington, Chesterfield. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census: George Barker was a 14 year old colliery jut knocker, residing at 8, Newbridge Street, Old Whittington. He was the son of William John Barker, a coal miner, and Mary Ann Barker.