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BARKER Osmund Vincent 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20369
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- SKR/DAT/IP/20369
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- BARKER Osmund Vincent 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: BARKER;
Forename(s): Osmund Vincent;
Initials: OV;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Enlistment Date: 06-Dec-1915;
Resided in: Hanley;
Previous Number: 3569;
Previous Battalion: 3/1 of;
Previous Regiment: Montgomery Yeo;
Date of transfer to MGC: 20-Sep-1916;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 97 Coy;
Date abroad: 09-Apr-1917;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 28-Nov-1917;
Other Data: War Illustrated, Vol IX, p 3226 for photo.
To Officer Cadet School 26/9/1916
Commsn 25/01/1917
killed during relief from front line 28/11/1917;Other Notes: BARKER, Second Lieutenant, OSMUND VINCENT, 97th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 28th November 1917. Age 21. Son of Jane Barker, of 102, Botteslow St., Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, and the late Thomas Henry Barker. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/80469;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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