John Frederick Barker

Lt. Cdr. 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.

"21 Sep 1939: HMS Ardent (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Barker, RN) escorted Convoy OA-7. Ardent took wounded from the British tanker Teakwood aboard after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-35. Ardent accompanied damaged Teakwood back to Falmouth."

His name appears on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Devon.