Private Joseph Barker
Army Number: 306762
Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Selston, Nottinghamshire. Son of Thomas and Harriet Barker, of Sedgwick Street, Selston. He enlisted at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)
Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.
Private Joseph Barker is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Selston War Memorial, Selston, Nottinghamshire.
Jacksdale War Memorial, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Westwood, Nottinghamshire.