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Name: BARKER, Richard Frank 'Dickie'
Birth Date: 31.3.1909 Keston, Kent
Death Date: 1996 Somerset West, S. Africa
First Date: 1920
Profession: Partner with Hemphill; coffee dealer
Area: Mau Summit, Molo; Nairobi Box 1299 in 1939
Married: 1. 4 July 1936 Phyllis Dorothy McKinley b. 23 Sep 1911 S. Africa, d. 31 Aug 1967 Nairobi; 2. In Somerset West, S. Africa Daphne May Watkins b. 4 Jan 1922, d. 2012 Somerset West
Children: Anthony David (10 Apr 1937 Nairobi-2005); Terence John (30 Nov 1939 Nairobi-18 Sep 2009 Devon
Book Reference: Hut
General Information:
Tom Lawrence: 1939 (4th Qtr.)He enlisted with the Kenya Regiment (KR 963) (Kenya Regiment Long Roll).
1940 (28th Sept) He was granted an emergency commission as a 2/Lt. presumably with the East African Corps of Military Police (Army List, Oct 1941 for E.A. Command).
1941 (Oct) He is serving with the East African Corps of Military Police as an A/Capt. He was promoted to this rank w.e.f. 1st July 1941 (Army List, Oct 1941 for E.A. Command).
1951 He is the Commodore of Tanga Yacht Club (Tanga Yacht Club photo).
1955-7 He is the Commodore of Tanga Yacht Club. Seemingly on leaving, the ‘Barker Bowl’ came about in honour of him (Tanga Yacht Club photo).
1960 (11th Mar) Under Gazette Notice No. 1204 updating the electoral rolls for Nairobi North (Electoral Area No. 1) are Richard Frank Barker (B 257), a Commercial Executive of 26 Lucania Road, Muthaiga. Also, his wife, Phyllis Dorothy Barker (B 258) who was a Public Relations Officer (Gazette, 11th March 1960, p. 327).
1960 (8th July) Richard Frank barker of P.O. Box 96, Nairobi is added to the list of Jurors for Nairobi Extra-Provincial District (Gazette, 8th July 1960).