Proud to be Romanby.

And proud of our Memorial Men

Next parish meeting:

9 April 2024, 7:00pm Romanby Parish Office
DL7 8HG

Name Unit Number Status Date of Death Cemetery or Memorial Date of Birth

Robert Henry Barker

Ordinary Seaman

 

 

Royal Navy - HMS Lanka C/JX 350669 Killed in Action 12th February 1944 At sea 1925

Robert Barker was born in 1925 and was the son of William and Muriel Barker of Romanby. Robert won a scholarship to the Northallerton Grammar School in 1938. He joined the Grammar School Scout Troop where he had the rare distinction of being commissioned to a King's Scout.He volunteered for the Royal Navy in 1943 and was posted to HMS Lanka. HMS Lanka was a shore base known as a concrete frigate.

Robert Barker is remembered on the Royal Naval Memorial Chatham in Kent on Panel 76 Column 2. He is also remembered on the Romanby War Memorial the All Saints Parish Church Memorial and on the Grammar School Memorial Plaque. Robert was aged 19 years.

MEDALS: 1939-45 Star, Victory Medal

 

Next parish meeting:

9 April 2024, 7:00pm Romanby Parish Office
DL7 8HG