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William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars (3 November – 12 March ) was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada.
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The eldest of nine surviving children, William Barker was born in a log house on the family farm and was educated at schools in or near Dauphin and Russell, Man. His sister Edna remembered Willie as a boy with innate poise and self-confidence as well as an intense personality. When William George Barker was born on 25 December , in Hamlin, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Albert Newell Barker. William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars (3 November 1894 – 12 March 1930) was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada.
The deadliest air fighter who ever lived LCol William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars, Silver Medal, Croix du Guerre, Star. The eldest of nine surviving children, William Barker was born in a log house on the family farm and was educated at schools in or near Dauphin and Russell, Man. His sister Edna remembered Willie as a boy with innate poise and self-confidence as well as an intense personality.
When William Albert Barker was born in , in Woodend, Victoria, Australia, his father, George Lewis Barker, was 22 and his mother, Emily Brewer, was William George (Billy) Barker, VC, fighter pilot, war hero, businessman (born 3 November 1894 in Dauphin, MB; died 12 March 1930 in Ottawa, ON). One of Canada’s foremost First World War flying aces, Barker is, to date, the most highly decorated military serviceman in Canadian history.
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Major William George Barker promptly attached to Squadron (Sopwith Camels) at La Targette for ten days. Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe. Considered by many to be the best Allied fighter in service at the end of the Great War, the Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe designed by Herbert Smith to replace the aging Camel. Memorable Manitobans: William George "Billy" Barker (1894-1930) Major William George Barker promptly attached to 201 Squadron (Sopwith Camels) at La Targette for ten days. Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe. Considered by many to be the best Allied fighter in service at the end of the Great War, the Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe designed by Herbert Smith to replace the aging Camel.LCol William George Barker VC | Soldiers | Great War - CEFRG Soldier, aviator, war hero. Born at Dauphin on 3 November 1894, eldest son of George William John Barker (1871-?) and Jane Victoria Alguire (1875-?), during the First World War he joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles as a Private, later becoming a machine gunner.LCol William George Barker VC | Soldiers | Great War - CEFRG William Barker was a Canadian World War I fighter pilot who was the most-decorated war hero in Canadian history. The eldest son of a farmer who was also a blacksmith and sawmill operator, Barker grew up on the frontier in Manitoba, where he became proficient at riding horses and shooting. BARKER, WILLIAM GEORGE - Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Soldier, aviator, war hero. Born at Dauphin on 3 November , eldest son of George William John Barker (?) and Jane Victoria Alguire (?), during the First World War he joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles as a Private, later becoming a machine gunner. William George Barker - Biography - IMDb
More than years after the end of WWI, flying ace William George Barker (aka “Will” or “Billy” Barker) is still not only the most decorated Canadian hero, he’s the most decorated serviceman in the history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations (the last two a tie for 1st with British Officer Major James McCudden. Most Decorated Canadian: William George Barker | 50+ World
William Barker was a Canadian World War I fighter pilot who was the most-decorated war hero in Canadian history. The eldest son of a farmer who was also a blacksmith and sawmill operator, Barker grew up on the frontier in Manitoba, where he became proficient at riding horses and shooting. Vernon Ballantine Barker-Hayes (1896-1952) - WikiTree
William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars (3 November – 12 March ) was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada.