Remembering Today 12/8/1944 - Corporal Charles Joseph BARKER, 2nd Bn, The Gloucestershire Regt.

Name: BARKER, CHARLES JOSEPH
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 12/08/1944
Service No: 4910638
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. A. 17.
Cemetery:BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Corporal Charles Joseph BARKER. R.I.P.

Tom

 

Thought I would try a Plot/Row search using the search engine.

001 BARKER T 2751388 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 14.
002 BARKER CJ 4910638 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 17.
003 COLLETT JL 14679124 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 12.
004 DAVIES TH 4192225 2ND BN 11/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 4.
005 DAVIS WRC 5187914 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 13.
006 ELLIS JW 6026627 153RD 8TH BN THE ESSEX REGT REGT 12/08/1944 ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS XXII. A. 10.
007 ELWORTHY LS 3910823 2ND BN 12/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 8.
008 GIBBARD J 4927988 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 15.
009 GOODLAD R 835152 68 ANTI TANK REGT 11/08/1944 ROYAL ARTILLERY XXII. A. 6.
010 HARRIS R 5193307 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 11.
011 HEADON FW 14552214 2ND BN 11/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 1.
012 HEALEY PDJ 14404893 2ND BN 11/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 5.
013 HOWES RJ 14675789 2ND BN 11/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 2.
014 JEREMIAH T 3909521 2ND BN 11/08/1944 SOUTH WALES BORDERERS XXII. A. 7.
015 KING FH 5188140 2ND BN 12/08/1944 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT XXII. A. 16.
016 SUMMERTON FTV 6469459 153RD 8TH BN THE ESSEX REGT REGT 12/08/1944 ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS XXII. A. 9.

 

The 2nd Bn, Gloucestershier Regiment was part of the 56th Infantry Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division for the purposes of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach, being the follow-up brigade to the 231st Infantry Brigade on the right hand flank of the landing. It’s sister battalions were the 2nd Bn Essex Regiment and 2nd Bn South Wales Borderers. Apart from a detachment to the 7th Armoured Division of 2 days in mid-June 1944, the Brigade remained with 50 Div until early August, when it came under command of the 59th (Staffordshire) Div for a week or so and then to 49th (West Riding) Div for the duration.

RIP Corporal Charles Joseph BARKER