John Frederick Barker
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 1930s or '40s
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| Parents: | Henry Charles Day Barker Margaret Bunning Smith |
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| Partners: | Gillian Paget |
| Children: | Nicholas John Barker 1933–1997 |
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Lieutenant commander John Frederick Barker was born in about 1907.[1][2]
On 16 Sep 1927 he was made S.Lt.; 16 Jan 1930, Lt.; and 16 January 1938, Lt.Cdr.[3]
Before 1933 he married Gillian Paget.
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In 1939 he was Lt.Cdr. of HMW Ardent. On 21 September that year, they were escorting Convoy OA-7, and rescued wounded people from the damaged British tanker Teakwood after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-35. Ardent then accompanied Teakwood back to Falmouth.[3]
His name appears on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Devon.[4]
References
- ↑ The Royal Navy 1900-1979, in Malta Family History
- ↑ John Frederick Barker, in Glarac.co.uk. http://www.glarac.co.uk/node/84
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 John Frederick Barker DSC, RN, in Uboat.net — Allied Warship Commanders. http://uboat.net/allies/commanders/2760.html
- ↑ Plymouth Naval Memorial in Devon, Panel 36, Column 1.
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