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Surname: HARKER
Forename(s): Robert Percy
Place of Birth: Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 6th Division
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1915-03-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 15
CWGC Cemetery: CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: MIDDLESMOOR, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: PATELEY BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Percy Harker (born 18 February 1873) was the son of William and Sarah Ann Harker, née Hodgson. William was born at Pateley Bridge and Sarah at Bradford, Yorkshire.
1881 Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire Census: Harefield House - Robert P. Harker, aged 8 years, born Pateley Bridge, son of William and Sarah A. Harker.
Robert attended Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey.
Robert was married to Eva Josephine Malone (born Dublin, Ireland, 1 June 1875). Eva died in 1905. Their children were: Robert William (1898-1901); John Frederick Patrick (1900-1900) and Frederick William George (1901-1940). Frederick served in WW2 as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy. He died on the 27 July 1940 when his destroyer (H.M.S. ‘Wren’) was bombed and sunk by German aircraft about 20 nautical miles east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. He is buried in Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery, Suffolk.
Eva’s father, Joseph Malone (born Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, 11 January 1833), was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War (1853-1856). The medal was won on the 25 October 1954 during the Battle of Balaklava (the Charge of the Light Brigade).
1901 Barnes, Surrey Census: 6, Cedars Road - Robert P. Karker [sic] aged 28 years, born Pateley Bridge, Yorks. Husband of Eva J. Karker.
1911 Maidenhead, Berkshire Census: Hill Cottage, Linden Avenue, Maidenhead, aged 37 years, born Pateley Bridge, Yorks. Frederick William George Harker, son, aged 9 years, born Barnes, Surrey.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte R.P. Harker, 1560, H.A.C.; 2/Lt North Staffs. Rgt. Disembarkation Date: 18.9.14. K. in A. Correspondence: 143, Ashley Gdns., SW1.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte R.P. Harker, 1560, Honourable Artillery Company, Comm. North Staffs. Reg. 14.2.15. K. in A. 20/21.3.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2/Lt R.P. Harker, North Staffs. Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 21.3.15. To whom issued/Amount: Cancelled.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: 2/Lt Robert Percy Harker, N. Staff. Regt. [Comment on card:] Motherless Child. [No other details given on card.]
Data Source: West Yorkshire Pioneer Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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2nd Lieutenant Robert Percy HARKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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01 April 1915
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT R.P. HARKER
Second Lieutenant Robert Percy Harker, of the North Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed on March 20th near Chapelle d’Armentieres, was the third son of the late Mr. William Harker of Harefield, Pateley Bridge, at one time Liberal Member for the Ripon Division and for many years chairman of the Bradford Banking Company. Lieutenant Harker was educated at Charterhouse, and in September went out to France as a private in the Honourable Artillery Company, in which he served at the front for some months. His colonel recommended him for a commission and he was gazetted to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was a widower and leaves one son.
24 December 1915
CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – PATELEY BRIDGE
Second Lieutenant Robert Percy Harker, North Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action in France on March 20th. He was the third son of the late Mr. Wm. Harker of Harefield, Pateley Bridge. He was a widower and left one son.
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