The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Carter

Private William Jesse CARTER, G/603, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st July 1916, age 31.

Born Sidcup, Kent, son of William and Mary Carter, of 16, Woodside Crescent, Sidcup, Kent.

1911 Census - Lunn's Institute, Private Home for Nervous Cases, Caringall, Stroud, Gloucestershire - William Jesse Carter, patient, age 26, single, born Sidcup, Kent, infirmity, mild epilepsy.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 29 years & 150 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 133lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, scar right side of chin, scar right eyebrow, scar right elbow. Formerly gardener.

Home 29th August 1914 to 20th April 1915; BEF 21st April 1915 to 21st July 1916.

29th August 1914, enlisted; 1st September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st April 1915, posted BEF France & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, landed at 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 7th June 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, bronchial catarrh; 8th June 1915, to No.5 Divisional Rest Camp; 14th August 1915, to No.5 Divisional Rest Camp; 25th August 1915, 5 Casualty Clearing Station, JCT leg, to No.2. ???? Train; 15th September 1915, at 5 Infantry Base Depot; 20th October 1915, rejoined Battalion; 11th February 1916, deprived of 7 days pay; 16th June 1916, 14 Field Ambulance, NYD fits; 22nd June 1916, rejoined Battalion, "C" Company.

29th June 1918, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Carter, 16, Woodside Crescent, Sidcup; Mother, Mary Carter, 16, Woodside Crescent, Sidcup; Brother, Ephraim George Carter, age 24, 16, Woodside Crescent, Sidcup; Sister, Lydia Sarah Neville, age 29, 16, Woodside Crescent, Sidcup.

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

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