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Ralph Barker was born on 21 October, 1917 in Feltham, is an English writer. Discover Ralph Barker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Born 21 October, 1917
Birthday 21 October
Birthplace Feltham
Date of death 16 May, 2011
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1912

The Cricket historian David Frith said that his most significant contribution to Cricket might have been his research into the death in 1912 of the former England fast bowler Tom Richardson, which proved that the rumours that he had committed suicide were untrue.

Barker played regularly for the RAF's Cricket club, the Adastrians, and subsequently for several clubs in Surrey, including West Surrey, whom he captained for a number of years.

1917

Ralph Hammond Cecil Barker (21 October 1917 – 16 May 2011) was an English non-fiction author with over twenty-five books to his credit.

He wrote mainly about the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) operations in the First and Second World Wars, and about Cricket.

1934

Born in Feltham, he was educated at Hounslow College, and on leaving school joined the Sporting Life in 1934.

Subsequently, he went into banking.

He had started writing, and several of his sketches were used in West End revues.

1940

Following the outbreak of World War II, in 1940 he joined the RAF as a wireless operator and air gunner.

He flew with Nos.

47 and 39 squadrons on torpedo missions against Axis ships bringing supplies to Rommel's forces in the Western Desert in North Africa.

These missions, from bases in Malta and North Africa, led to heavy losses amongst the Bristol Beaufort aircraft carrying them out.

Barker's time in this theatre of war was ended by a crash in which his pilot and navigator died.

He returned to Britain, and switched to flying transport aircraft.

1946

He completed two thousand flying hours before he was demobilised in 1946.

He briefly went back to banking, before going into civil aviation as a radio operator.

1948

At the end of 1948, he rejoined the RAF and went to Germany as a public relations officer in connection with the Berlin Airlift.

He spent two years in service broadcasting at BFN Hamburg.

He was then posted to the Air Ministry to work on official war narratives.

1955

His first book, Down in the Drink, was published in 1955, the first of many on the subject of military aviation.

1961

Barker left the RAF in 1961 to write full-time.

He was a frequent contributor of feature articles to the Sunday Express.

1964

He turned to Cricket writing in 1964, with Ten Great Innings.

John Arlott, reviewing Ten Great Bowlers, its follow-up, described Barker as "a master of the reconstruction of past Cricket matches".

1969

His most substantial book on Cricket is a history of Tests between England and Australia, published in 1969, which included a report of every match and a summary of each series.

The statistics were provided by Irving Rosenwater.

2000

Barker was married to performer Diana Darvey from 1995 until her death on 11 April 2000, after a fall at their home.

2011

Barker died on 16 May 2011, aged 93.