The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Carter


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Private  Frederick CARTER, G/13476, 1st  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd September 1916, age 23.

Born Harwich, Essex, son of William Cooper & Mary Ann Carter, of 1, East Street, Dovercourt, Essex.


1911 Census - 1, East Street, Dovercourt, Essex - William Carter, head, age 55, married, lampman, Railway Company, born Harwich; Mary Carter, wife. age 54, married 31 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Great Oakley; John Carter, son, age 20, single, clerk, Railway, born Harwich; Fred Carter, son, age 16, single, newsboy, born Harwich; George Carter, son, age 13, school, born Harwich.


Enlisted Ipswich, Suffolk, age 21 years & 4 months, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 130lbs.  Resided 21 Railway Terrace, Framlingham, Suffolk. Formerly Acting Fireman, Great Eastern Railway.

Home 29th November 1915 to 22nd July 1916; BEF 23rd July 1916 to 3rd September 1916.

29th November 1915, enlisted; 30th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 4th April 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th April 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1916, Infantry Base Depot, BEF & posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1916, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 3rd September 1916, posted missing.

11th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Cooper Carter, 1, East Street, Dovercourt, Essex; Mother, Mary Ann Carter, 1, East Street, Dovercourt, Essex; Brothers - William C Carter, age 38, 8 Toiler? Street, Parkston, Essex; Harry C Carter, age 35, 18 Hordle? Street, Dovercourt, Essex; John Carter, age 27, 26 Hawthorn Street, Dovercourt, Essex; Sisters - Esther Jane Cercuria?, age 37, 252 East 128th Street, New York, USA; Florence Ann Robson, age 30, 12 Oakland Road, Dovercourt, Essex.

Buried at  Delville Wood Cemetery, XXVII. K. 2., Longueval, Somme, France.


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