The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P W Carter

Private Percy William CARTER, 241242, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 21958, Somerset Light Infantry), killed in action, Flanders France, 14th October 1917, age 28.

Born Horningsham, Wiltshire, son of Henry and Charlotte Carter. of Horningsham, Wiltshire.

18th September 1889, Horningsham, Wiltshire, baptism of Percy William Carter, son of Henry, (carpenter) & Charlotte Carter of Horningsham.

1911 Census - 107 Horningsham, Wiltshire - Henry Carter, head, age 63, married, carpenter, Longleat Estate, born Horningsham, Wiltshire; Charlotte Carter, wife, age 66, married 38 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Horningsham, Wiltshire; Percy Carter, son, age 21, single carpenter, Longleat Estate, born Horningsham, Wiltshire.

Enlisted Warminster, Wiltshire.

Probate, 14th February 1918 - Carter Percy William of 107 Horningsham, Wiltshire. Private Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action 14th October 1917 in France. Administration Salisbury 14th February to Henry Carter, joiner & carpenter. Effects £140 6s 5d.

Buried at Windmill British Cemetery, I. F. 1., Moncy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France.

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