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Surname: BARKER
Forename(s): Margaret (Maggie)
Place of Birth: Ingleton, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: ---
Regiment / Corps / Service: Munitions Worker
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: ---
Age: 17
Date of Death: 1916-12-18
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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: INGLETON CEMETERY
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Margaret (Maggie) Barker (born 12 December 1899) was the daughter of John and Betsy Barker, née Bradshaw. John was born at Ingleton and Betsy at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire.
1901 Ingleton, Yorkshire Census: Pemberton - Margaret Barker, aged 1 year, born Ingleton, daughter of John and Betsy Barker.
1911 Ingleton, Yorkshire Census: Beech Terrace - Margaret Barker, aged 12 years, born Ingleton, daughter of John and Betsy Barker.
Margaret was fatally injured in the munitions factory explosion at Barnbow, Leeds, on the 5 December 1916. She died on 18 December 1916 at Leeds General Infirmary (see Death Certificate in View Additional Image(s)), and was buried at Ingleton Cemetery on the 23 December.
The Five Sisters' Window in York Minster is dedicated as a war memorial to the women of the British Empire who lost their lives, 1914-1918. Margaret is commemorated by name and service in St Nicholas' Chapel in the North Transept of the Minster.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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--- Margaret (Maggie) BARKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Munitions Worker
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Birth Certificate for Margaret Barker
Copy (29 August 2014)
Death Certificate for Margaret Barker
Copy (12 May 2008)
North Transept, York Minster
Memorial for Women Munition Workers
Roll of Honour - No.1 National Filling Factory, Crossgates, Leeds, Yorkshire
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Armouries
Manston Park, Cross Gates, Leeds
The Barnbow Lasses Memorial
Manston Park, Cross Gates, Leeds
The Barnbow Lasses Memorial - detail 1
Manston Park, Cross Gates, Leeds
The Barnbow Lasses Memorial - detail 2
Cross Gates, Leeds
Maggie Barker Avenue
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18 May 1917
BARKER - May 8th, 1917, at Ledston, Kippax, Miss [Mrs] Betsy Barker, aged 41 years. Interred at Ingleton May 12th.
[Mother of Margaret Barker, munitions worker, who died of injuries, 18 December 1916]
19 November 1920
IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTE TO INGLETON'S FALLEN
The unveiling of Ingleton's public War Memorial took place on Sunday afternoon when, in spite of pitiless rain, the ceremony was witnessed by a large and reverent crowd of spectators, who sympathised with poignant grief of the bereaved parents and relatives. In proportion to its population, Ingleton suffered heavily through the war, no fewer than forty-one making the supreme sacrifice, and Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher, Laburnum Terrace, Mr. and Mrs. T. Robinson, Storrs Cottages, and Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Routledge sustained the double loss of two sons each. In addition to this long list, Mr. John Barker, Model Village, lost his daughter, Margaret, through the explosion at the Low Moor Munition works.
The peal of bells at St. Mary's Church was muffled, and on the old grey tower flew the Union Jack, at half mast, just as it had flown for every one of the fallen heroes when the sad tidings was received that he had fallen in battle...
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