The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Carter

Private Jonathan CARTER, G/10565, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916, age 35.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of William and Elizabeth Carter, of Southend, Essex.

23rd June 1900, St Saviours Church, in the Parish of St Luke, Chelsea, Jonathan Carter, bachelor, age 20, bricklayer, 59 Ovington? Street, father William Carter, bootmaker married Martha Alice Smith, spinster, age 20, of 59 Ovington? Street, father William Robert Smith, mason.

Children - Mabel Lavinia Alice Carter, born 27th April 1901, Strood; Edgar William Jonathan Carter, born 23rd September 1902, born Strood, Kent; Leonard Charles Carter, born 28th July 1905, Fulham.

1911 Census - Rochester Road, Burham, Rochester, Kent - Jonathan Carter, head, age 30, married, scaffolder, cement industry, born Northfleet, Kent; Martha A Carter, wife, age 30, married 11 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Westminster, London; Mabel L A Carter, daughter, age 9, born Strood, Kent; Edgar W J Carter, son, age 8, born Strood, Kent; Leonard Charles Carter, son, age 5, born Strood, Kent; Herbert Banks, boarder, age 30, single, bricklayers labourer, born Margate, Kent.

Served in 3rd East Kent Artillery.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 35 years & 53 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 139lbs, scar right eye, tattoo both forearms. Resided 22 Factory Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 1st November 1915 to 23rd February 1916; BEF 24th February 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

1st November 1915, enlisted; 5th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th December 1915, Chatham, absent from Tattoo until 9.30pm on 27th, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 5 days pay; 24th February 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th March 1916, joined Battalion in the Field; 18th March 1916, wounded slight, at duty; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

12th March 1917, pension of 23/- a week awarded to widow and three children.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as G/10565; CWGC web site shows Service No. as G/10585.

This page was last updated on 28-Aug-2017.