The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant S C Carter

Second Lieutenant Stephen Charles CARTER, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 18th November 1916, aged 22.

Son of Arthur Alfred and Mary Anne Carter, of "Eden Glen," Ember Lane, Esher, Surrey.

Formerly Private / Sergeant 20th London Regiment, Service No. 1778 & 630423, enlisted 1914.

9th March 1915, posted BEF.

9th March 1917, Probate - Carter Stephen Charles, of Bromley Road, Catford, Kent, Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment, died 19th November 1916, in France on Active Service. Administration (with will), London 9th March to Mary Anne Carter, (wife of Arthur Alfred Carter). Effects £169 18s 5d.

Commemorated at Thiepval, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France & on the War Memorial, St Dunstan's College & in the pages of The History of the Old Dunstonians Rugby Football Club.

London Gazette 18th August 1916.

War Office, 18th August, 1916. REGULAR FORCES.

The under named Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), with effect from the dates shown:

Serjt. S. C. Carter, from Lond. R., T.F. 27th June 1916.

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