Name
William Carter
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/03/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
41612
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
VI. C. 26
France
UK & Other Memorials
Croxley Green Village Memorial, Croxley Green
All Saints' Church Shrine, Croxley Green
John Dickinson Paper Mills Memorial, Croxley Green
Rickmansworth Town Memorial
Pre War
William was born in Croxley on 13 June 1891 to Charles and Emma Carter. He was 24 when he died, and his mother was living at 46 Scots Hill. In 1911, Emma was already a widow. William had four siblings and worked at Croxley Mills as a paper mill hand. In 1911, one brother and one sister also worked there.
Wartime Service
He is buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, between Albert and Amiens in the Somme area. Casualty clearing stations were located here at this time in 1917.
Acknowledgments
Croxley Green in the First World War’ by Brian Thomson (Rickmansworth Historical Society 2014)
