John Frederick Barker

Lieutenant commander John Frederick Barker was born in about 1907.

On 16 Sep 1927 he was made S.Lt.; 16 Jan 1930, Lt.; and 16 January 1938, Lt.Cdr.

Before 1933 he married Gillian Paget.

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.

His name appears on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Devon.