Ralph Hammond Cecil Barker was an English non-fiction author with over twenty-five books to his credit.
13 Facts About Ralph Barker
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Ralph Barker wrote mainly about the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force operations in the First and Second World Wars, and about cricket.
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Ralph Barker had started writing, and several of his sketches were used in West End revues.
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Ralph Barker returned to Britain, and switched to flying transport aircraft.
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Ralph Barker completed two thousand flying hours before he was demobilised in 1946.
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Ralph Barker briefly went back to banking, before going into civil aviation as a radio operator.
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Ralph Barker spent two years in service broadcasting at BFN Hamburg.
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Ralph Barker was then posted to the Air Ministry to work on official war narratives.
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Ralph Barker was a frequent contributor of feature articles to the Sunday Express.
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Ralph Barker turned to cricket writing in 1964, with Ten Great Innings.
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Ralph Barker's 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.
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Ralph 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.
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Ralph Barker was married to performer Diana Darvey from 1995 until her death on 11 April 2000, after a fall at their home.