Barker, Lloyd Roger
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Lloyd Roger |
Surname | Barker |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Brooks H. Barker and Bertha S. Barker, of Killdeer, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL152 |
Markings | SE-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. F. Row C. Grave 16. |
Epitaph | DEAR LLOYD. ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/88605 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Barker Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-03-1944 |
End Date | 16-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Amiens- to bomb the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Returned to base and landed safely but, while taxying, a bomb that had failed to deploy fell and exploded. Both air gunners died in the blast but the other crew members were injured. |