The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Carter

Photograph by "soilsister"

Private Herbert CARTER, G/16529, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, death assumed on 12th August 1917, while a Prisoner of War, age 21.

7th February 1896, born Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, son of Albert and Ada Carter, of 17, Osborne Place, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Halifax, Yorkshire, age 19 years 85 days, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 131lbs. Resided 17, Osborne Place, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. Formerly iron founder.

Home 4th May 1915 to 13th November 1915; BEF 14th November 1915 to 14th July 1916; Home 15th July 1916 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 12th August 1917.

4th May 1915, enlisted & posted 19th Royal Fusiliers, Service No.6997; 13th November 1915, posted BEF & 28th Royal Fusiliers; 24th December 1915, posted 19th Royal Fusiliers; 25th December 1915, embarked; 17th January 1916, joined Battalion in the Field; 29th May 1916, 33 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 1st July 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left arm; 15th July 1916, transferred to England, ex 10 General Hospital, Rouen; 15th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th July 1916 to 7th October 1916, 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, shrapnel left arm; 1st March 1917 to 26th May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 29th March 1917, Shoreham by Sea, leaving the ???? without permission, 2 days confined to Barracks; 15th May 1917, irregular conduct on Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 27th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, posted missing.

3rd March 1918, Certificate of Death - Royal Prussian Field Hospital - date of capture unknown; date of death 12th August 1917; cause shot wound skull, with injury to brain; effects, pay book, penknife with keys, postal order for 4 shillings, 1 franc, 1 shilling in purse

10th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Albert Carter, 17, Osborne Place, Hebden Bridge; Mother, Ada Carter, 17, Osborne Place, Hebden Bridge;

Buried at Kortrijk (St Jan) Communal Cemetery, C.33., Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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