Name
Charles Carter
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/10/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36287
Royal Berkshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 11 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Charles Carter was born in Bishop's Stortford in 1890 to Eliza and Frederick Bull.
On the 1911 Census he was living with his family at 3 Barrells Down, Bishop's Stortford, Herts and working as a general labourer in the building trade.
Wartime Service
He originally enlisted into the Hertfordshire Regiment under reg. No. 5747, and later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of the Somme.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 7s 11d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
