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Kenneth BARKER

Male 1919 - 1944  (~ 24 years)


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  • Name Kenneth BARKER  [1
    Born Sep 1919  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID 6317B5A19D0E40D7A21E1CFD6EC1EBCC51B9 
    Buried 1944  Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Jul 1944  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I998  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2014 

    Father Henry BARKER,   b. 7 Oct 1884, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1970, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Annie WESTERMAN,   b. 25 Nov 1889, Speedwell Mount, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1974, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married Mar 1914  Leeds Register Office, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Killed in action in Normandy in 1944, buried in Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, Calvados, France. He was a private, of the 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Son of Henry and Annie Barker; husband of Evelyne Barker, of Darnall, Sheffield. Age 24.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] Information provided by a relative, Family member.

    2. [S12] GRO Birth Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), entry for Kenneth Barker; Sep [quarter] 1919, Leeds [district], vol. 9b:534 (Reliability: 3).
      Mother's maiden surname-Westerman